Adrian Tomine : (7)

" I love the idea of trying to do the work of old-fashioned novelists of plotting and of really making you curious about what’s going to happen next and all that, but also trying to load it up with your weird thoughts and opinions. " - Adrian Tomine

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

" A lot of my fears come out in my work rather than life. " - Adrian Tomine

" Most of my work – including everything from my own comics to the covers I’ve drawn for ‘The New Yorker’ – is the result of taking some personal experience or observation and then fictionalizing it to a degree. " - Adrian Tomine

" I’m not the kind of person who would throw himself into some exciting or dangerous situation just to get material. So I tend to go about my normal, boring life and just try to look at things a little more closely. " - Adrian Tomine

" Fortunately, I’ve never had to be too critical of my own work, because the world is critical enough. " - Adrian Tomine