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Adrian Tomine Quotes

American - Cartoonist | May 31, 1974 -

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.

Childhood Job Think Grow Hobby Very

A lot of the qualities in 'Killing and Dying' is sort of a response to work I'd done previously. I wanted to push myself in some different directions.

Work Myself Push Done Dying Some

Fortunately, I've never had to be too critical of my own work, because the world is critical enough.

Work World Enough My Own Never Own

I was thinking about what it was like for my parents to have a strange kid with a hobby or a pursuit that maybe they weren't that familiar with. It must have been a strange experience - nerve-wracking, in some ways.

Experience Parents Thinking Hobby

When I started publishing my work, one of the biggest surprises to me was the recurring question about my background and why I wasn't doing more stories about Asian-Americans.

Work Me Doing Why More Question

I really love New York, but I have to say, the humidity during the summer is a nightmare for a cartoonist. Not only am I sweating in my studio, my bristol board is curling up, the drafting tape is peeling off the board, my Rapidograph pens bleed the minute I put them to paper... it's a disaster.

Love New York Summer New Say Up

If anything, I feel a bit of pressure to write about less disenfranchised people, because I'd probably sell more books that way and would've already had some hot property that I could've sold to Hollywood.

People Pressure Feel Hollywood Way

I do think that many Americans have a limited view of what constitutes Japanese cartooning based on what gets translated, so it's great to see an increase in diversity.

Great Diversity Think View See Many

The story entitled 'Good-Bye' is probably Tatsumi's most well-known work, and I think it's a good representation of many of Tatsumi's skills and stylistic tendencies.

Work Good Story Think Skills Most

To be perfectly honest, if it was up to me, I would be invisible as an artist.

Me Artist Invisible Up Honest Would

There's a part of me that feels like it gets really frustrating to keep working in the manner that I made the book 'Shortcomings,' where everything is pretty accurate to the real world.

Me World Book Real Everything Where

I'm an unabashed fan of 'The New Yorker.' I do feel proud when I see my artwork in there.

Proud Feel New See I See Fan

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