Top 72 Quotes by Adrian Tomine

What was a very private childhood hobby turned into a very a public, professional job, and I think that there's a lot of inhibition that can grow from that.

I think having kids has been the biggest influence on my work since I started publishing.

'Shortcomings' was me figuring out who I am.

I started my career so early and developed in print for better or for worse, so I think there's a sense some of my earliest readers are kind of copilots on this voyage with me.

When I'm sitting at my drafting table in my studio, I could really be anywhere.

There's never been a moment where I sat down at my drawing board and thought, 'I'm a pro!'

My 20s were peaceful, privileged, but still I felt the desire to write angsty dramas.

It's absolutely chilling to think that I've been working on a comic-book series called 'Optic Nerve' since I was sixteen.

I never really thought of myself as an Asian-American cartoonist, any more than I thought of myself as a cartoonist who wears glasses.

It's a strange thing to be a so-called alternative cartoonist, because in the early part of my career, I was really tethered to the superhero world.