Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.

I draw the line at some things. Some things I won't do for any amount of money. Like for instance, there's a couple of CEOs of very large corporations that offered me lots of money to do special pictures for them. And I just refused to do that. Even if it was a million dollars I wouldn't do it.

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

The fine-art world knows very little about the cartoon world.

You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.

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

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.