I think comfort, stability, and love are the things that really let me be happy. Deep down inside I’m a little boring, I guess. Jeffrey Brown Read Quote
I think I’ve been able to build up a wide range of styles in storytelling, using comics in different ways from project to project. I think my art has become more accomplished, although I try to keep it from becoming slick or superficial. Jeffrey Brown Read Quote
My books should feel like you’re getting a peek into a private world: a diary no one was meant to read. As soon as I start thinking, ‘This book is going to be published,’ my drawing becomes calculated and deliberate. It’s one of the ways I trick myself. Jeffrey Brown Read Quote
When you’re looking for a sketchbook, you’ve got to find the right paper for the pens you like to use. I like to draw on both sides of the page. Jeffrey Brown Read Quote
I usually balance out autobiography with goofy, amusing stuff to help keep the humour in my more serious work. Jeffrey Brown Read Quote
I’ve always been a ‘write first’ artist: the drawings are always in service of the writing. Jeffrey Brown Read Quote
Only 10 percent of people who go to art school will still be making art in 10 years. To some extent, you have to want to do it. It’s hard. It is something you really have to stick with for it to work. Jeffrey Brown Read Quote
I always try to write from memory, and I always try to use memory as an editor. So when I’m thinking of something like a relationship or whatever, then I’m letting my memory tell me what the important things were. Jeffrey Brown Read Quote
I’ve never written a book with the intention of winning someone back or getting back at someone or anything like that. It’s always just been about thinking about life and how relationships fit in to what life means. Jeffrey Brown Read Quote
