Before I could read, I remember trying to piece together the stories from the images. It was a very primal experience. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I try to only work on the screenplays for a few hours a day when I'm in my most voluble mood, just… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I was a very fearful little kid, and I would always see the worst in everything. The glass was half-empty. I would… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
But they always just laugh off everything I say, when really I want absolutely nothing more than to destroy the world they… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I lose faith in everything else, but rarely in my work. If I start to get bored, I change it to make… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I can look at my early work and see what a pained struggle it was to draw what I was drawing. I… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I try to employ a different strategy for each story. Often, I'll have a specific look in mind before I even have… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
You have to find the tone of the piece and modulate that. There are ways to indicate that - I try to… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I think that gulf is what makes the work interesting, but as a creator it's endlessly frustrating because I'm starting out with… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I'd always wanted to do a weekly strip, or a strip that was in installments like that. It's been fun trying to… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
There are certain comics that just seem like they have this perfect balance between dialogue and image that I can't not read.… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
You try to make the world a better place and what does it get you? I mean, Christ, how the hell does… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I must have been 3 years old or less, and I remember paging through these comics, trying to figure out the stories.… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I just try to make comics for myself, try to give it some kind of unity throughout. That often involves tiny details.… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I lose faith in everything else, but rarely in my work. If I start to get bored, I change it to make it more… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Surely comics require more effort on the part of the reader than movies or television. I'm always learning new things you can do with… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
You need to be, like, turning down high-paying illustration work because you want to work on your comic. That's when you know you're doing… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Though to the average person that you'll meet on an airplane, if you tell them you draw comics, they'll still have sort of the… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
That'll be my claim to fame: My grandmother-in-law is the oldest iPad user! — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Usually when I put together a book like this Death-Ray hardcover or that Ghost World special edition, then I have to reread it and… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I think that's what we're all most terrified about: that we'll just die and disappear and we'll leave no trace. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
When I go back and reread the stuff, I'm always floored by how deeply personal and revealing it actually is. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I'd always wanted to do a weekly strip, or a strip that was in installments like that. It's been fun trying to figure out… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
You have to find the tone of the piece and modulate that. There are ways to indicate that - I try to incorporate the… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Often I'll do research just to get a time period correct, but I didn't have to for the '70s... I feel like I can… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
