Quotes from Adrian Tomine


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

    Glasses | Cartoonist | Wears


    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 | Surprises | Question


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

    Proud | Fan | Artwork


    I would honestly be elated if I could wave a magic wand and eradicate my back catalog and then have a fresh crack at some of those ideas.

    Ideas | Magic | Fresh


    I was just taking my sketchbook to Kinko's and making photocopies and hand-assembling them - folding them over and stapling them.

    Folding | Taking


    I wanted to be as invisible as possible as an artist. I wanted to differentiate between myself and who I'm writing about.

    Artist | Invisible | Possible


    I used to live in Chris Rock's former apartment. I've got some junk mail for him if he wants it.

    Rock | Junk | Apartment


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

    Response | Publish | Books


    I think that if you are looking at a comic that's made by one person, that there's just a level of intimacy that I don't really see anywhere else.

    Looking | Level | Intimacy


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

    Work | Influence | Biggest


    I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.

    Parents | Comic | Publishing


    I'm always a little apprehensive about 'decoding' fictional stories.

    Stories | Fictional


    I intentionally approached each story in 'Killing and Dying' in a different way, and that includes the writing process.

    Process | Dying | Includes


    I hated 'Dilbert.'

    Hated


    I had a mundane, happy childhood, without much struggle.

    Happy | Childhood | Struggle


    I grew up with a very romantic, idealized vision of New York, probably because of all the books I read and the movies I watched.

    Romantic | Movies | Vision


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

    Work | Critical


    For a long time, I was very resistant to the idea of online publication or even e-books or something like that.

    Time | Online | Resistant


    A lot of my fears come out in my work rather than life.

    Life | Work | Rather


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

    Sitting | Table | Studio


       

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