When you do your first book, you're just like, "This is my work." And it's just this whole other world that you throw yourself into. Bryan Lee O'Malley More Quotes by Bryan Lee O'Malley More Quotes From Bryan Lee O'Malley I'm a firm believer in stories with arcs and beginnings and endings and all that. 'Scott Pilgrim' is sort of one long novel, and it's so long that I get confused and sort of tread water sometimes. But there's definitely a goal to it. People who just dismiss it as shallow, that's their prerogative, but it's not really my intent. Bryan Lee O'Malley sometimeswaterlongpeople When I was in the middle of the 'Scott Pilgrim' series, and it was slowly becoming more popular, though still not financially solvent, I had this real bratty instinct to turn around and do something super arty and dark. I felt dismissed by comics culture, stuck in between the artcomix world and the nerdcomix world, and I was cranky about it. Bryan Lee O'Malley realdarkcultureworld 'Seconds' is all about spaces, and I guess spaces are kind of like people in that they can be haunting and alluring before we even really get to know them, and after prolonged exposure, they can become mundane or oppressive. Bryan Lee O'Malley becomelikeknowpeople I don't really have a metaphor for how I write, but it kinda feels like chipping away at a big dark object that I can't really see. Bryan Lee O'Malley bigseelikedark Each new book that comes out kind of pulls up the old ones a little bit. The new releases are always going to bolster the old releases. Bryan Lee O'Malley oldnewalwaysbook I always like to write where I'm at in real life into whatever I'm working on. Bryan Lee O'Malley whateveralwaysreallife I just don't think I can write someone drastically younger than me. Bryan Lee O'Malley someonethinkmei-can I guess I've always been kind of obsessed with food. I always liked drawing food, and I always liked stories - I think I probably just read somewhere that stories are better if someone's eating in them. I don't know where that came from, but it really stuck, and I always try to put food in. Bryan Lee O'Malley thinkdrawingeatingfood 'Seconds' is very much about reaching out for the next thing after you've figured out the first thing. Bryan Lee O'Malley aboutfirstyounext I grew up in London, Ontario, and moved to Toronto when I was 22 or 23. Bryan Lee O'Malley uptorontogrewlondon I really like the look of old '70s and '80s Japanese comics, so I think that style is something I will continue to draw. Bryan Lee O'Malley willlookthinkstyle I don't really picture anyone when I'm drawing. They just become their own completed person with googly eyes. Bryan Lee O'Malley picturepersoneyesdrawing For Hollywood to make 'Spider-Man,' only to redo the movie a couple years later, just boggles the mind. To recast 'The Incredible Hulk' for a third time? I don't get it. Bryan Lee O'Malley onlyjustmindtime I just had this feeling that, if I were to get into a fight, somehow I would have the ability to fight back, just based on playing 'Street Fighter' for so many years of my life. It's almost like I actually learned martial arts. Bryan Lee O'Malley my-lifefeelingfightlife I think it's natural as you get to the end of your twenties to start thinking about what you could have done differently - whether they went well or whether they went terribly. Bryan Lee O'Malley endthinkyouthinking There were times over the years when I wanted to take a break from 'Scott Pilgrim,' or even just stop doing 'Scott Pilgrim,' when I was feeling down or whatever. Bryan Lee O'Malley stopdowndoingfeeling I lived in London for a long time, and that's a pretty white town. In Toronto, I just ended up in this circle of indie rock kids who happened to be white, too... Really, it was just when I started getting out there and meeting more people and seeing more fans that I went, 'Oh, actually, I'm not white.' Bryan Lee O'Malley whitetimelongpeople
