“I’m the least fanciful guy around, but on nights when I wonder whether there was any point to my day, I think about this: the first thing we ever did, when we started turning into humans, was draw a line across the cave door and say: Wild stays out. What I do is what the first men did. They built walls to keep back the sea. They fought the wolves for the hearth fire.” ThinkingMenFirstsHumansHeartNightGuyLinesWonderFireDoorsSeaWallDrawsBuiltCaves Author:Tana French
“I came to think that nobody from England could draw American comic books, because they were clearly all done by this sort of Mafia, all these guys with Italian and Irish names who had the whole thing sewn up. It was actually seeing a comic book drawn by Barry Smith, who was about my age, and English.” ThinkingBookDoneWholeAgeGuyNamesSeeingDrawsEnglandComicItalianComic BookMafiaRussian Mafia Author:Dave Gibbons
“I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.” KnowsReasonShowsGuySongSingingDrawsCateringR Kelly Author:R. Kelly
“I answered an ad, for a campus cartoonist at the university I was in, my freshman year. I was like, Oh, I can draw, and I'm sort of a funny guy. I should try this. Then they paid me to do a comic strip for the paper.” ShouldTryingYearsI CanGuyPaperDrawsPaidUniversityComicAdsCampusCartoonistFreshmanComic StripsFunny GuyFreshman Year Author:Dan Povenmire
“When I was there at Marvel, everybody thought if you could draw well and you could do sensational panels, that you were going to be a success. The truth is that no matter how good or bad you are as a draftsman, if you can't tell a story, you don't last in comics. ...About halfway through my stay at Marvel, I realized I was being paid to tell a story, not do a drawing. That's why my stuff is always rather simple and uncomplicated compared to a lot of guys.” IfsWellsBookMatterStoriesLastsGuyStuffSimpleTruth IsDrawsPaidDrawingI RealizedComicComic BookHalfwaySensationalUncomplicatedDraftsman Author:John Romita, Sr.
“I moved to New York and was told, "Go back home. We don't need you. Go pump gas. You're from Vermont. We've got no use for you. You're not drawing guys in tights." So, I learned how to draw guys in tights, and I put them in as many crime situations as I could.” NeedsUseHomeGuySituationCrimeNew YorkDrawsMovedDrawingGasNeed YouBack HomePumpsVermontTightsDon't Need You Author:Frank Miller
“You know how in football, guys throw defenses, and the defense throws you a look, but the look is not really what it is - it's only made to fool you. It's the same thing with drugs. The drug is only an illusion to draw you in.” KnowsLooksMadeGuyKnow HowFootballFoolDrugDrawsIllusionDefense Author:Rick Ross
“All kids draw and write poetry and everything, and some of us last until we're about eighteen, but most drop off at about twelve when some guy comes up and says, "You're no good." That's all we get told all our lives. "You haven't got the ability. You're a cobbler." It happened to all of us, but if somebody had told me all my life, "Yeah, you're a great artist," I would have been a more secure person.” IfsWritingPersonsHas BeensDifferentKidsLastsArtistGuyAbilityOur LivesHappenedHavensDrawsYeahCome UpSecureTwelveGreat ArtEighteenBeing DifferentGreat ArtistCobblers Author:John Lennon
“While, as I recall, conservative little boys practice quick draw with their cap guns while playing cowboys and Indians, apparently liberal little boys practice how fast they can throw up their hands to surrender to the guys in the black hats.” LittlesHandsGuyBlackBoysPracticeDrawsGunConservativeSurrenderHatsRecallsCowboyCapsLittle BoysBlack Hats Author:Tony Blankley