When I was doing 'Smile,' I was looking back at pictures of myself and going, 'Thank goodness I couldn't do the sprayed-bangs thing! Everybody's so embarrassed by that hairstyle now, but I was never cool enough to pull it off!' — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
When I sit down to begin penciling a page, most of the hard work for me is done. I can concentrate solely on my… — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
I've always believed in working hard, and I'm grateful that people seem to connect with the kinds of stories I'm passionate about telling. — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
“Weird...something happens when you smile at people. They smile back” — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
Typically, a book is published and gets one season in the sun. Eventually, you write another book, and maybe your old books get a… — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
New York is great for busy creative types. The city has a pulse that races, and you either keep up with it or you… — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
All of the narration in 'Smile' is first-person. Most of the books that I grew up reading had first-person narrators for some reason. My… — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
“But the more I focused on my interests, the more it brought out things I liked about myself” — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
I know how long it takes me to draw a page, how long it takes me to complete a project, how long I can… — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
I wanted to be into fashion, but I was never the kind of person who could keep up with fashion trends, and I could… — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
I used to rely on black-and-white, and while I was working on 'Smile,' I learned to adapt to color on my end. — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
