I also finally relaxed about the fact that I like to work on legal paper, or trash paper, phone books, falling apart dictionaries, any kind of paper that isn’t actual art paper. I can make comics on legal paper with no hesitation. Art paper still causes me to freeze up. All I can think about is how much it costs. I have paper I’ve been dragging around for 20 years because I’m not good enough to work on it yet. I know this is insane but it’s true for me. I can’t work on expensive paper just like I can’t really stand to wear expensive clothes or shoes. I just know I’m going to mess them up.

Lynda Barry, from an interview in the Comics Reporter.