David Rees Professions : Cartoonist Born : June 22, 1972 Browse All Authors Top 47 quotes by David Rees I assumed that the pencil market was collapsing, but then it turns out that from 2010 to 2011 in the United States, pencil consumption went up by over six percent. I mean, those are all foreign-made pencils. Those are probably Chinese pencils, mostly, and Mexican pencils. I mean, it is an archaic communication technology, but it is still ubiquitous. David Rees communication technology mean 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. David Rees sharpening-pencils paid wonder I wanted to get paid to sharpen pencils originally just because I thought it would be fun. David Rees would-be wanted fun I like feeling like I'm discovering something new. That's really a special feeling and also, you don't have it that often. At least, I don't. Maybe I'm not creative enough. David Rees creative special feelings I like to do things that are new, where I feel the sense of discovery. David Rees feels discovery I'm interested in the structure of art and how it works. And the content is also interesting, but I don't want to keep the same structure and just plug in new content every week. David Rees want art interesting I'm not a professional comedian. Nobody comes to my comedy shows. That's just a little hobby. David Rees hobbies comedian littles Similar Authors Al Capp cartoonist Bill Amend cartoonist Bryan Lee O'Malley cartoonist Art Spiegelman cartoonist Alison Bechdel cartoonist Alex Toth cartoonist All Authors