“It starts with the writing. We have to think of all these characters - we have to treat them all equally. We have to think of them as having an interior life and having motivations. When I'm drawing female characters, I'm looking for that. I'm looking for subtext. I'm looking for ways to make the reader relate to them in a way that goes beyond the pure aesthetic value. You know, just drawing an attractive woman really gets kind of boring after a while.”
![“A good part of the physical attraction [between the hero and heroine of a romance novel] comes to life during these exchanges as well, since language creates a meeting of the minds. I have long thought that these lines of dialogue carve out the lines of the central love relationship. The dialogue…” quote by Julie Tetel Andresen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/666/julie-tetel-andresen-95241_communication_a-good-part-of-the-physical-attraction-b_2036175.jpg)
![“With Erin [from Paper Girls], I wanted to show what she might look like when she's 40, and I wanted it to feel authentic. In terms of inspiration I ended up using my wife for a lot of it. Just to kind of to give me almost an anchor so that I would be invested in making this character real.” quote by Cliff Chiang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7ab/cliff-chiang-14642_anchors_with-erin-from-paper-girls-i-wanted-to-s_179502.jpg)
![“[Paper Girls] is very much is about how we are thinking about our past and growing up.” quote by Cliff Chiang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/17e/cliff-chiang-14642_girl_paper-girls-is-very-much-is-about-how-we_591260.jpg)
![“Matt Wilson, the colorist, has this great palate [in Paper Girls] that brings up all these emotions and this feel of the '80s without being actually as kind of as bright and primary as it could have been.” quote by Cliff Chiang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/281/cliff-chiang-14642_80s_matt-wilson-the-colorist-has-this-great_641278.jpg)
