Dave Sim

"The greatest mistake you can make is to say that your work is better than a lot of the shit that's out there. No doubt. But being better than shit is not exactly a shining credential."

"I take it as a given that God's knowledge of the Cerebus storyline dwarfs my own as God's knowledge of everything dwarfs my own."

"...there is very little about self-publishing a comic book that can be taught, but everything about it can be learned."

"Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon."

"The first five years that I did Cerebus I could have made more money baby-sitting . Five years. Think about it."

"In any creative field--any creative field--you must first understand that you have no value whatsoever. Your work has no value whatsoever. You are completely worthless. Whatever potential you have is …"

"I'd rather take a major financial hit being honest than get rich by lying."

"Because I say what is empirically true: nothing exists except God, I am deemed to be insane."