I'm only trying to present as honest a portrayal of the grimness of human ambition as I can. I'd hope it's rather… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
I can definitely say that of all my friends who I consider to be really great cartoonists, we're all trying to aim… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
During my Austin years, I was drawing a regular strip for the University Of Texas newspaper, going to school, delivering blood, and… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
I was used to being disliked as a kid. Not that I didn't deserve it: I was a pretty sad and unappealing… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Comics is different than writing because when you draw something you are trying to visualize it and you are trying to put… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Storytelling is one of comics' esthetic hurdles at the moment, which was the novelist's problem 150 years ago: namely, to take comics… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Sometimes I get worried I'm getting too caught up in the nauseatingly oily smoothness of my own line, when all I'm trying… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, I have no idea how the world works, though I am trying to figure it out. — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
The "essence" of comics is fundamentally the weird process of reading pictures, not just looking at them. I see the black outlines… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
I lose faith every time I have to start a new page, and this is no joke. I've occasionally been criticized over… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
I arrived at my way of "working" as a way of visually approximating what I feel the tone of fiction to be… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
I don't trust art that promises a 24-hour joyride. In fact, there seems to be a modern sense of entitlement for such constant "ups,"… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy. — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Comics, at least in periodical form, exist almost entirely free of any pretense; the critical world of art hardly touches them, and they're 100% personal. — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
I'm only trying to present as honest a portrayal of the grimness of human ambition as I can. I'd hope it's rather uplifting, actually,… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
“The whole experience reminded me of my own 'old lady' phase that I went through in high school while I was reading Somerset Maugham...… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
I can definitely say that of all my friends who I consider to be really great cartoonists, we're all trying to aim at basically… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
There's a rhythm to the words combined with the pictures [in a comic]. Whenever I'm working on a comic strip I re-read it, probably… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
There seems to be such a laziness in - and I hate to use this phrase - the modern world. Everything is pumped out… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Fortunately, I'm able to make a living from comics, so I'm privileged enough to be quite choosy, though most cartoonists can't afford to be.… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
