Top 72 Quotes by Adrian Tomine

About Adrian Tomine

These are some quotes by American author Adrian Tomine Cartoonist, who was born on May 31, 1974.

I think the response I get to one 'New Yorker' cover outweighs five books that I publish.

I think the response I get to one 'New Yorker' cover outweighs five books that I publish.

Adrian Tomine

I had relatives who would go to Japan and bring back random stuff they bought at the airport or whatever - 'Ultraman' and 'Speed Racer,' stuff like that.

I had relatives who would go to Japan and bring back random stuff they bought at the airport or whatever - 'Ultraman' and 'Speed Racer,' stuff like that.

Adrian Tomine

All my stories take place on the West Coast - not the beach, but smaller inland towns. I feel homesick, and I find inspiration in capturing that.

All my stories take place on the West Coast - not the beach, but smaller inland towns. I feel homesick, and I find inspiration in capturing that.

Adrian Tomine

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

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

Adrian Tomine

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

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

Adrian Tomine

Ninety percent of the time when I'm working, there's this very palpable sensation that I'm doing everything wrong and should just give up.

Ninety percent of the time when I'm working, there's this very palpable sensation that I'm doing everything wrong and should just give up.

Adrian Tomine

I enjoy getting any kind of mail. Like, for me, like, the more interesting a letter is, I just get more excited, and I know that this going to be great for my friends who are looking forward to reading that in my comic.

Adrian Tomine

I'm Japanese, but restaurants in my hometown served the most sanitized versions of California rolls. I grew up eating a lot of Japanese food at home that my parents or grandparents made.

I'm Japanese, but restaurants in my hometown served the most sanitized versions of California rolls. I grew up eating a lot of Japanese food at home that my parents or grandparents made.

Adrian Tomine

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

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

Adrian Tomine

I don't pick up my work at all. If it's something that's still in progress and I have the chance to make some edits on the material or think about the order, little things like that, I'll keep those stories at hand and go through them. But once it exists as the book, it's locked away in a vault, and I kind of put it behind me.

Adrian Tomine

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