Throwaway pens are no good - I never liked them. I've tried them all.

Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.

The work itself is what motivates me. I like my own stuff, you know? I like the way it looks. I do it to please myself first.

I don't do album covers or CD covers for groups or musicians I don't like or have no interest in.

Your vigor for life appalls me.

Some of the wealthy collectors have paid lots of money for artwork that I already did, but I didn't do it with the intention of catering to them. I think part of the reason my work is attractive to people like that is because it doesn't cater to them.

I lose patience with long stories. I get people who go, "Crumb, do some long stories, do a graphic novel." Novel-schmovel.