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.

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

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

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

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

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

I felt really conflicted about making money off stuff that's creatively satisfying.

The way you make money is to do something you don't like to do. And that's how you know you're a virtuous person.

Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are.

It would be amazing to tell my grandchildren, like, 'Yeah, I was paid to sharpen 1,000 pencils.'

The type of pop culture that is honestly very moving and powerful to me is [when artists] do their homework. They make it real.

You have to discover how best you can manage your time to carry out your work effectively

Dear God...I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

In this age of remote-controlled pushbutton war, we must all try very, very hard to remain human beings.

The most expensive part of building is the mistakes.

I never sent promotional copies to Christian radio stations in my life. It's not what I'm interested in.

Today I escaped all circumstance, or rather I cast out all circumstance, for it was not outside me, but within my judgements.

Most people don't find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don't even know they have great talent.

When you get an idea into your head you find it in everything.

It was evening all afternoon. It was snowing And it was going to snow. The blackbird sat In the cedar-limbs.