I'd rather live in the gutter embracing reality than live like a king embracing unreality. - Dave Sim

The first five years that I did Cerebus I could have made more money baby-sitting (that isn't a joke). Five years. Think about it. (p. 20)

Stop trying to impress some art-school teacher with a stick up his butt whose opinions you never respected from the time you entered his class until you left it 10 years ago. Draw like you. (p. 27)

Cerebus: The valuable lesson is that you can get what you want and still not be very happy... (p. 296)