“I started drawing at a very young age. Writing a story wasn't satisfying, but to actually draw our own world - it's like controlling your own dreams.” WorldWritingStoriesDreamAgeYoungDrawsDrawingSatisfyingYoung Age Author:Daniel Clowes
“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 same response - not like that's seeped into the culture at large, that comics are not just for kids.” IfsPersonsStillsKidsCultureDrawsResponseAverageAirplaneAverage Person Author:Daniel Clowes
“I can look at my early work and see what a pained struggle it was to draw what I was drawing. I was trying so hard to get this specific look that was in my head, and always falling short.” TryingLooksI CanHardFallStruggleDrawsDrawingTrying So HardEarly Work Author:Daniel Clowes
“I think there was a point that I realized I could do what I wanted to do in terms of the drawing. I used to run around a lot of things. I would shy away from certain things that I realized would be horrible for me to draw, and just wouldn't be fun.” ThinkingWould BeRunningWantedUsedCertainFunTermDrawsDrawingI RealizedHorribleShy Author:Daniel Clowes
“At a certain point, I realized that I could draw anything, and there was nothing I should avoid - I could make it work. That's opened me up to being able to be much more comfortable telling any kind of story.” ShouldKindStoriesAbleCertainComfortableDrawsI Realized Author:Daniel Clowes
“I knew how to draw all of the different smokestacks on the old trains and all that stuff, and then I realized that if I can draw trains, which is the thing I was probably the least interested in in the world at the time, I can do anything and find a way into it that will be interesting.” IfsWorldWayI CanDifferentStuffCan DoInterestingDrawsTrainI Realized Author:Daniel Clowes
“It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I draw comic books - their instant, preconceived notions of what that means.” MeanStillsBookInvolvedDrawsAdultsNotionComicInstantMainstreamComic BookEmbarrassingPreconceived Notions Author:Daniel Clowes
