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title: "4 Cartoonist Quotes By Adrian Tomine"
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> [Without fail, every cartoonist that I asked advice from bent over backward to be helpful and encouraging. It took many forms: some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/without-fail-every-cartoonist-that-i-asked-advice-from-bent-over/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/adrian-tomine-11778_acceptance_without-fail-every-cartoonist-that-i-ask_832321.jpg)

> [I think there was a point in the past when I felt that my options as an artist were either to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/i-think-there-was-a-point-in-the-past-when-i-felt-that-my-options-as/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f72/adrian-tomine-11778_art_i-think-there-was-a-point-in-the-past-wh_913101.jpg)

> [I think most cartoonists are solitary, lonely kids who use their work as a way to try to connect with the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/i-think-most-cartoonists-are-solitary-lonely-kids-who-use-their-work/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/adrian-tomine-11778_cartoonist_i-think-most-cartoonists-are-solitary-lo_2808026.jpg)

> [I get nervous about the effect that the high speed of everything will have on creativity. It's already sad for me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/i-get-nervous-about-the-effect-that-the-high-speed-of-everything-will/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/320/adrian-tomine-11778_animation_i-get-nervous-about-the-effect-that-the_2930625.jpg)

## Other authors on Cartoonist

## More by Adrian Tomine

> [I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/i-started-publishing-my-comic-while-i-was-still-living-with-my-parents/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/the-experience-of-reading-a-comic-should-not-be-the-time-it-takes-to/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes - the outsider, the loner - it can have a real impact on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/especially-for-people-of-our-generation-who-really-celebrated-certain/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic; there's been a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/i-think-in-terms-of-getting-new-artists-who-are-not-in-that-sort-of/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [I feel like if people are going to go to the effort to get a stamp and, you know, put it on an envelope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/i-feel-like-if-people-are-going-to-go-to-the-effort-to-get-a-stamp/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [The first time I did a reading/signing thing at Cody's, the woman who did the introduction said something like that, and I wasn't the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/the-first-time-i-did-a-reading-signing-thing-at-cody-s-the-woman-who/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [Basically, I know there's no turning back the clock, and it's sort of pointless to mourn what has passed, but I don't know if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/basically-i-know-there-s-no-turning-back-the-clock-and-it-s-sort-of/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [For a stretch of time, I got really caught up in the idea that what people liked about my work was that I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/for-a-stretch-of-time-i-got-really-caught-up-in-the-idea-that-what/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [I wanted all the responsibility to rest on the content of the story. I tried to make the visual style almost invisible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/i-wanted-all-the-responsibility-to-rest-on-the-content-of-the-story-i/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [I was just a guy who did adult or alternative comic books. And then suddenly to be, like, a New Yorker cover artist was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/i-was-just-a-guy-who-did-adult-or-alternative-comic-books-and-then/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [I've always been really impressed with some of the longer graphic novels and thought it would be really amazing if one day I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/i-ve-always-been-really-impressed-with-some-of-the-longer-graphic/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [There were certainly some people who wanted me to do a feel-good story that affirmed a lot of very commonly held beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/there-were-certainly-some-people-who-wanted-me-to-do-a-feel-good/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [Without fail, every cartoonist that I asked advice from bent over backward to be helpful and encouraging. It took many forms: some of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/without-fail-every-cartoonist-that-i-asked-advice-from-bent-over/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [I'm always pointing things out to native New Yorkers that I think are weird about this place and their culture and all that. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/i-m-always-pointing-things-out-to-native-new-yorkers-that-i-think-are/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

> [For me, as much about being a parent as it is about being a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tomine/for-me-as-much-about-being-a-parent-as-it-is-about-being-a-child/)

[Adrian Tomine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tomine/)

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