I Don't Read Much Of Anything Online.

Comics Seldom Move Me The Way I Would Be Moved By A Novel Or Movie. I Say This As Someone Who Would Rather Read Comics Than Watch Movies, Listen To Music, Anything. But It's Not An Operatic Medium. I Hear Other People Talk About Being Moved To Tears By Comics. I Can't Imagine That.

For Me, The Whole Process Involves Envisioning This Ghost World Comic Book In My Head As I'm Working.

I Lose Faith In Everything Else, But Rarely In My Work. If I Start To Get Bored, I Change It To Make It More Interesting. I Try Not To Take It Too Seriously, But I Also Try To Never Cheat Or Hurry Things Along.

You Have To Find The Tone Of The Piece And Modulate That. There Are Ways To Indicate That - I Try To Incorporate The Biggest Range I Can Within The Story, Going From Humorous To Serious Without It Being Jarring. That's The Hardest Part, To Keep That Balance. It Requires Being Constantly Aware Of Where You Are In The Story. You Can't Really Do That In A Movie: You Can't Slightly Modulate The Tone By The Way The Character's Eyeballs Look In One Certain Scene.

The Greatest Moment Of My Life Was, Somebody Sent Me A Cable-access Show From Chicago That Had Joey Ramone On It Showing The Video We Made Together. And He Was Talking About, Like, "this Guy Dan Clowes Postponed His Wedding For Us. He's A Great Guy."