I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils. — David Rees Copy Share Image
Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are. — David Rees Copy Share Image
I never thought I would make a living as a pencil-sharpener. The first goal was: I don't want to lose money. And… — David Rees Copy Share Image
People think, "Wow, people in America have so much money, they're sending hundreds of pencils to this guy." I don't think those… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I started sharpening pencils at the census and how that was a difficult time in my life because my marriage was ending… — David Rees Copy Share Image
Once you use a toothbrush to clean a pencil sharpener, you should no longer use it to clean your teeth. — David Rees Copy Share Image
I hardly ever use pencils. I'm left-handed and it's really messy if you're left-handed because of the graphite smudging. I use them… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I liked sharpening pencils and I was like, "Oh, I wonder if I could get paid to do it." And I figured… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I've been really surprised about a lot of the negative comments about artisanal pencil sharpening. Like, it really rubs some people the… — David Rees Copy Share Image
To me, if you're lucky enough to make stuff that people will pay money for, do a good job. Really do a… — David Rees Copy Share Image
It would be amazing to tell my grandchildren, like, 'Yeah, I was paid to sharpen 1,000 pencils.' — David Rees Copy Share Image
The thing I hear about a lot is when people over-sharpen their pencil with a single-blade pocket-sharpener and then when they put… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I take pop culture really seriously, I think it's really important, and the stuff that I make...I don't want it to be… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I talked to people in the pencil industry and I talked to people as I was sharpening their pencils about the frustrations… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I wanted to get paid to sharpen pencils originally just because I thought it would be fun. — David Rees Copy Share Image
The time that I would spend revisiting my old Get Your War On strips is more profitably spent Googling myself and reading… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I assumed that the pencil market was collapsing, but then it turns out that from 2010 to 2011 in the United States,… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I have a really analytical approach to art. And the whole idea that you can't analyze what makes a joke funny...I do not agree… — David Rees Copy Share Image
The thing that was interesting to me about Relationshapes - as opposed to most of the other cartoons I've ever made - was I… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils. — David Rees Copy Share Image
I just wanted a really simple, dramatic way so that fans, people who were reading my comic, would be like, "This is something different."… — David Rees Copy Share Image
Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are. — David Rees Copy Share Image
I was just worried that someone was gonna think that I had been commissioned by Jamba Juice to make cartoons about Jamba Juice. And… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I never thought I would make a living as a pencil-sharpener. The first goal was: I don't want to lose money. And then the… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I don't like when performers rag on their ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend in absentia. If they're not there, it just feels rude... I'm never going… — David Rees Copy Share Image
People think, "Wow, people in America have so much money, they're sending hundreds of pencils to this guy." I don't think those people realize… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I would make a comic for Rolling Stone every two weeks, because they're biweekly. And then I would make weekly comics for my weekly… — David Rees Copy Share Image
The way you make money is to do something you don't like to do. And that's how you know you're a virtuous person. — David Rees Copy Share Image
