David Rees Quotes

United States, Cartoonist
June 22, 1972

David Thomas Rees is a humorist and cultural critic. He first rose to prominence as a cartoonist whose best known work combined bland clip art with "trash talk". He moved on to his Artisanal Pencil Sharpening service and published a related book. He once appeared on Going Deep with David Rees.

Also known as Humorist, Critic

The thing I hear about a lot is when people over-sharpen their pencil with a single-blade pocket-sharpener and then when they put the pencil to the page, their tip breaks and pencil points always break irregularly. It always gets all jagged and you have to refresh the point. That's a common complaint.

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- People
- Common
- Break
I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils.

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- Dream
- Making
- Course

Just because something makes you smile or laugh ... doesn't mean it's a joke.

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- Something
- Laugh
- Because
I'd always been really intimidated by prose writing.

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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.

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- People
- Enough
- Human
Once you use a toothbrush to clean a pencil sharpener, you should no longer use it to clean your teeth.

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- Clean
- Teeth
- Toothbrush
I like to do things that are new, where I feel the sense of discovery.

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- Sense
- Discovery
I wanted to get paid to sharpen pencils originally just because I thought it would be fun.

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- Wanted
- Because
- Sharpen

I don't even drink Coke. It tastes like robot sweat.

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- Drink
- Sweat
- Tastes
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.

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- People
- Comment
- Comments