“Any working cartoonist will tell you this, anybody who's working in a creative field: at some point, it's a job. You have deadlines. I think, for over a year, I refused to make them for publications, because I only wanted to make them when I wanted to make them. But at some point, I was like, "This is crazy, you have an opportunity to be a professional cartoonist.” ThinkingYearsWantedJobsOpportunityCreativeCrazyFieldsPublicationDeadlineCartoonist Author:David Rees
“People think, "Wow, people in America have so much money, they're sending hundreds of pencils to this guy." I don't think those people realize that most people who are buying these pencils are buying them as art objects or conversation pieces.” PeopleThinkingArtAmericaGuyRealizingPiecesObjectsConversationBuyingWowPencilsThis Guy Author:David Rees
“I don't think I would've ever dared dreaming of becoming a professional cartoonist. I wouldn't set myself up for that disappointment.” ThinkingDreamBecomingDisappointmentCartoonist Author:David Rees
“I feel like really thinking about art and really appreciating it and learning the language of it just makes you more of a connoisseur. I believe that.” ThinkingFeelsBelieveArtLanguageI BelieveAppreciateConnoisseur Author:David Rees
“I was just worried that someone was gonna think that I had been commissioned by Jamba Juice to make cartoons about Jamba Juice. And the big thing for me was - if I'm not getting paid to sell out, I don't want people to think that I'm selling out.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBigsPaidSellsSellingWorriedCartoonBig ThingsJuiceSelling Out Author:David Rees
“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 insubstantial, even if it's about something wacky, like sharpening pencils. I feel like I owe it to myself and I owe it to people who are really interested in pencils and I owe it to anybody to do my due diligence and give them something real.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantGivingFeelsImportantRealCultureStuffPopsDuesPencilsPop CultureDiligenceWackySomething RealSharpeningDue DiligenceSharpening Pencils Author:David Rees
