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“I've been really surprised about a lot of the negative comments about artisanal pencil sharpening. Like, it really rubs some people the wrong way.”

Quote by David Rees

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David Rees, born on June 22, 1972, is a renowned cartoonist known for his unique style of satire and humor, which has won him a wide audience. more

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“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.”

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“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 more now than I used to because there's, like, 15,000 pencils all over my house.”

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“I don't think I would've ever dared dreaming of becoming a professional cartoonist. I wouldn't set myself up for that disappointment.”

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“Nobody could be a professional cartoonist, because you have to do something you don't like to do in order to be a responsible adult and pay the rent.”

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“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 goal was: I want to see if 100 people buy my pencils. I just kept upping the benchmarks.”

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“It would be amazing to tell my grandchildren, like, 'Yeah, I was paid to sharpen 1,000 pencils.'”

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“I have very limited craftsmanship. And a lot of the stuff I make plays on that.”

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“In general, short stories are less read than before, they're less published than before and, not surprisingly, they're less taught than before.”

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“We've never had a giant circulation. And we've always been a magazine for writers and for sophisticated readers. We've never had to run stories that would appeal to a million people. And what you end up with is a kind of tradition that might have staying power - the cockroach after armageddon.”

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