Before I could read, I remember trying to piece together the stories from the images. It was a very primal experience.

The greatest moment of my life was, somebody sent me a cable-access show from Chicago that had Joey Ramone on it showing the video we made together. And he was talking about, like, "This guy Dan Clowes postponed his wedding for us. He's a great guy."

I feel like a lot of my aesthetic was in response to feeling the awfulness and cheapness of that [ the 70'th].

I actually start drawing things. Usually they're abandoned before I commit too much time and effort.

The secret to being alone is to organize your time; to develop habits and routines and gradually elevate their importance to where they seem almost like normal, healthy activities.

There are certain comics that just seem like they have this perfect balance between dialogue and image that I can't not read. I'll want to save it for later, and the next thing I know, I'm reading it. That's what I'm kind of trying to do with my comics.

I really want people to read the book, and bookstores never sold an issue of Eightball because nobody knew what it was.