I think when I finally got it in my head that I was going to do the story, I wanted to avoid… — Adrian Tomine People 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… — Adrian Tomine Adults 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 Credit Copy Share Image
I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters' thoughts and realizations, either through thought balloons… — Adrian Tomine Access 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 Audience 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 Ability Copy Share Image
Without fail, every cartoonist that I asked advice from bent over backward to be helpful and encouraging. It took many forms: some… — Adrian Tomine Acceptance 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 Art Copy Share Image
And also, as a consumer now, it's weird that when I used to go to a book signing I would leave with… — Adrian Tomine Book Copy Share Image
I sense a real difference in my work from the time I was younger and single and more involved in the world… — Adrian Tomine Art 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 Attitude 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 California Copy Share Image
I was very aware of the fact that there are a lot of comics out there that I love, because I've grown… — Adrian Tomine Comic 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… — Adrian Tomine Bay area 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 Access 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 Adolescence Copy Share Image
That partially due to the world of media and commerce, the idea of a comic book has been lost in the ghetto,… — Adrian Tomine Adults 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
