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.

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

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.

To me, if you're lucky enough to make stuff that people will pay money for, do a good job. Really do a good job. Especially if you're talking about real stuff, like terror atrocities and human rights abuses and pencil-sharpening techniques.

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.

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