I think there was a point in the past when I felt that my options as an artist were either to make… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I think when I finally got it in my head that I was going to do the story, I wanted to avoid… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I'm always pointing things out to native New Yorkers that I think are weird about this place and their culture and all… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
The first time I did a reading/signing thing at Cody's, the woman who did the introduction said something like that, and I… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic; there's been a… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
In terms of e-books, though, I haven't quite gotten to the bottom of it yet, but for some reason everybody I know… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
When I talk to people who have teenagers now, their rooms are filled with screens. There are their phones and their DVD… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the criticism had to do with disliking the characters - which, again, I take as something of… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I think it's harder for each generation. Even I just feel completely separate from teenagers today who have access to the Internet.… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of evolution that's happened in intangible ways, in terms of how I think about the work or… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
When people see me struggling on paper, I think it invites an almost collaborative relationship with the outside world, and that includes… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the bells and whistles that become available to you would be impossible to resist for some people,… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I think, to its credit, this is one of the last forms of popular entertainment that I don't sense to be discriminatory… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I think most cartoonists are solitary, lonely kids who use their work as a way to try to connect with the world.… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
And with this sort of increased visibility, there's more money going around in the industry, and it changes a lot, in terms… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I do think it's getting more and more rare in this country to raise a kid with the attitude that creativity is… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents. — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page. — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes - the outsider, the loner - it can have a real impact on… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
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… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I feel like if people are going to go to the effort to get a stamp and, you know, put it on an envelope… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
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… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
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… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
For a stretch of time, I got really caught up in the idea that what people liked about my work was that I was… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I wanted all the responsibility to rest on the content of the story. I tried to make the visual style almost invisible. — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
I was just a guy who did adult or alternative comic books. And then suddenly to be, like, a New Yorker cover artist was… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
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… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
There were certainly some people who wanted me to do a feel-good story that affirmed a lot of very commonly held beliefs. — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
