Adrian Tomine Quotes

Portray the world for what it is, and you will find truth.

I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without making them better or worse.

Gray means being open-minded. I always look at the world that way; I'm able to hear both sides of an argument. I don't listen to opera, but I don't think it's good or bad; it's just its own thing. I can completely appreciate it.

Everybody asks, 'What does 'Humans of New York' mean?' and I always say that I try to avoid putting any kind of message in the work even if it is a positive or optimistic message. The moment you do that, you're looking for certain people and words that fit into the world view you are trying to show, and it becomes preachy.

You can't just keep telling a story the same way over and over again. And I think it only helps the world to be more honest with young kids, to show them the world that they go walk outside and see.

I don't want to manipulate actuality; I want to record it.

I write diverse books because the world we live in is diverse, and I want my books to reflect that truth.

What was important for 'Broken Bread' to do was show real life.

I try to capture reality, nothing else.

I generally only paint people I know, I'm not a flatterer really.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn't work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view.

I'm not against anybody. I'm really not. I'm not a hater. I'm not homophobic. I honestly don't care what people do personally in their individual lives.

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

I do try to write in ways that reflect reality, and I think that reality is rarely simple.

I paint things as they are. I don't comment.

Even if you're drawing a cartoon and exaggerating, you want to capture something true about the person.

I don't think there's any reason in journalism not to approach stories we cover with humility, empathy, compassion, and intellectual openness. I mean, I think those are just important human traits. I don't think that precludes scrutiny, negativity, where it's appropriate.

I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.

I don't comment on other people's opinion.

We're all flawed, and we all make mistakes, and we all have weaknesses. And those are the kind of people I want to see onscreen, the ones that feel like real flesh-and-blood human beings and not the weird, whitewashed, Hollywood stand-ins for people with the rough edges sanded off that I can't connect to because they just don't resonate with me.

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

I think, first of all, every time you want to play somebody who is real is always challenging and always scary, because you are given a responsibility of someone's real life.

You can't have justice unless you have truth.

You can be for someone without being against someone else.