Census Quote by David Rees

I wanted to get paid to sharpen pencils originally just because I thought it would be fun.

— David Rees

I liked sharpening pencils and I was like, "Oh, I wonder if I could get paid to do it." And I figured it out…

— David Rees

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

I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.

— Karl Lagerfeld

As long as I could hold a pencil, I was drawing and telling stories and making jokes. I've just been lucky that no one…

— Alex Hirsch

I talked to people in the pencil industry and I talked to people as I was sharpening their pencils about the frustrations they have…

— David Rees

I have always been a pencil.

— Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

I'm one of the world's greatest pencil sharpeners.

— Truman Capote

I still do my comedy and my performance stuff and my acting so it's not all-consuming. But I do find myself drawing more and…

— Billy Connolly

There's no need to sharpen my pencils anymore. They're sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark.

— Ze Frank

One of my earliest ventures was when I was nine years old. I realized there was a shortage of pencils at school, so I…

— Bruce Dickinson

I was drawing professionally by the time I was 12. I used to do very detailed sort of photorealistic pen-and-ink work, and I burned…

— Dan Povenmire