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I hate self-publishing; it's a real drag and it takes up a lot of space.

I've always liked Richard Pryor. I've always responded to rhythmic profanity.

I like to do things that are new, where I feel the sense of discovery.

I'm not a professional comedian. Nobody comes to my comedy shows. That's just a little hobby.

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.

I have a really analytical approach to art. And the whole idea that you can't analyze what makes a joke funny ... I do not agree with that at all.

Just because something makes you smile or laugh ... doesn't mean it's a joke.

I had good relationships with stores. And I was like, "All right, I'll self-publish it. But I'm only going to do 1,000."

I don't even drink Coke. It tastes like robot sweat.

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

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.

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

Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are.

Once you use a toothbrush to clean a pencil sharpener, you should no longer use it to clean your teeth.

Obviously, I never had to sketch anything out. To me, that was the appeal of working with clip art, working digitally. You make it and it's done.

The way you make money is to do something you don't like to do. And that's how you know you're a virtuous person.

I felt really conflicted about making money off stuff that's creatively satisfying.

I'd always been really intimidated by prose writing.

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

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

I've never been good at self-promotion. And my URL is really obscure. And for years and years, there was nothing about me on my website.

I don't want to be one of these people who's like, "Man, I don't know where my ideas come from and I don't know why this works."

The type of pop culture that is honestly very moving and powerful to me is [when artists] do their homework. They make it real.

I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils.

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.

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