--- title: "Best David Rees Quotes" description: "QC 2017; a Recorder, since 2012; a Deputy High Court Judge, since 2018. Browse 50 David Rees quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b139/author-david-rees-13338.jpg" --- ![Portrait of David Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b139/author-david-rees-13338.jpg) # David Rees (1971) Judge **50** quotes in **272** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet David Rees is a judge, best known for *Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen*. ## Quick Facts About David Rees Born September 6, 1971 Profession Judge Notable works Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen ## About David Rees QC 2017; a Recorder, since 2012; a Deputy High Court Judge, since 2018. ## Quotes by David Rees · Page 2 > [The thing that was interesting to me about Relationshapes - as opposed to most of the other cartoons I've ever made -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rees/the-thing-that-was-interesting-to-me-about-relationshapes-as-opposed/) [David Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rees/) [Cartoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cartoon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/david-rees-13338_cartoon_the-thing-that-was-interesting-to-me-abo_53788.png) > [I had good relationships with stores. And I was like, "All right, I'll self-publish it. But I'm only going to do 1,000."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rees/i-had-good-relationships-with-stores-and-i-was-like-all-right-i-ll/) [David Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rees/) [Good relationship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-relationship/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/david-rees-13338_good-relationship_i-had-good-relationships-with-stores-and_1796155.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rees/i-hardly-ever-use-pencils-i-m-left-handed-and-it-s-really-messy-if/) [David Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rees/) [House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/house/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/david-rees-13338_house_i-hardly-ever-use-pencils-i-m-left-hande_1446550.png) > [I never thought I would make a living as a pencil-sharpener. The first goal was: I don't want to lose money. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rees/i-never-thought-i-would-make-a-living-as-a-pencil-sharpener-the-first/) [David Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rees/) [Firsts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/firsts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9a/david-rees-13338_firsts_i-never-thought-i-would-make-a-living-as_372358.png) > [Any working cartoonist will tell you this, anybody who's working in a creative field: at some point, it's a job. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rees/any-working-cartoonist-will-tell-you-this-anybody-who-s-working-in-a/) [David Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rees/) [Cartoonist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cartoonist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/david-rees-13338_cartoonist_any-working-cartoonist-will-tell-you-thi_1179348.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rees/i-don-t-like-when-performers-rag-on-their-ex-girlfriend-or-ex/) [David Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rees/) [Ex - boyfriend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ex-boyfriend/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35e/david-rees-13338_ex-boyfriend_i-don-t-like-when-performers-rag-on-thei_459374.png) > [I was just worried that someone was gonna think that I had been commissioned by Jamba Juice to make cartoons about Jamba…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rees/i-was-just-worried-that-someone-was-gonna-think-that-i-had-been/) [David Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rees/) [Big things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-things/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/david-rees-13338_big-things_i-was-just-worried-that-someone-was-gonn_272324.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rees/the-thing-i-hear-about-a-lot-is-when-people-over-sharpen-their-pencil/) [David Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rees/) [Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blades/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/david-rees-13338_blades_the-thing-i-hear-about-a-lot-is-when-peo_2488287.jpg) > [I assumed that the pencil market was collapsing, but then it turns out that from 2010 to 2011 in the United States,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rees/i-assumed-that-the-pencil-market-was-collapsing-but-then-it-turns-out/) [David Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rees/) [Chinese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chinese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/david-rees-13338_chinese_i-assumed-that-the-pencil-market-was-col_2965412.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rees/i-take-pop-culture-really-seriously-i-think-it-s-really-important-and/) [David Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rees/) [Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/david-rees-13338_culture_i-take-pop-culture-really-seriously-i-th_2491249.png) ## David Rees by topic [Pencils (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencils/david-rees/) [People (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/david-rees/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rees/#itemlist", "name": "David Rees Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The thing that was interesting to me about Relationshapes - as opposed to most of the other cartoons I've ever made - was I knew when one worked and when one didn't work, but I couldn't really explain it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Rees" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rees/the-thing-that-was-interesting-to-me-about-relationshapes-as-opposed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/david-rees-13338_cartoon_the-thing-that-was-interesting-to-me-abo_53788.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/david-rees-13338_cartoon_the-thing-that-was-interesting-to-me-abo_53788.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/david-rees-13338_cartoon_the-thing-that-was-interesting-to-me-abo_53788.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The thing that was interesting to me about Relationshapes - as opposed to most of the other cartoons I've…” — David Rees", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had good relationships with stores. 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