I sense a real difference in my work from the time I was younger and single and more involved in the world of music and going out to bars and all that.
ADRIAN TOMINEWhen email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address.
More Adrian Tomine Quotes
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I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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I’m getting to a point in my life where my whole attitude about the relationship between myself and the audience is totally different.
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It’s psychologically a weird experience to be so aware of the fact that the real time of your life is moving much faster than the fictional time you’re trying to depict.
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Who was trying to be cool by writing about young people and a certain kind of Bay Area culture that I was tangentially a part of.
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But my impression is that the main impediment to progress in that regard is the number of people who are choosing to make a go of it.
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I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters’ thoughts and realizations.
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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.
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Whereas the graphic novel is now being held up as something to aspire to and as something that’s respectable for adults to read.
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No one would get into doing a black-and-white comic because they thought it might be a route to riches.
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There are certain artists and filmmakers who, I get the impression, are trying to show off how bad their characters can be, how immoral their characters can be.
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The idea of trying to make the effort to produce something, to put something out into the world, rather than just taking in all the stuff the world’s putting out at you.
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I’m very grateful for it. But at the same time, it’s not a subculture-y thing anymore; it’s something that’s in the New York Times and the New Yorker.
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Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes – the outsider.
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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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If you’re changing diapers and going to the playground, any ambitions of being a cool guy have to fly out the window.
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