I wanted to be into fashion, but I was never the kind of person who could keep up with fashion trends, and I could never style my hair the way everyone else’s was – my hair was very thin, so I couldn’t do, like, the sprayed bangs everyone else was into. Raina Telgemeier Read Quote
Making comic adaptations means making a lot of choices – you need to adjust the pacing, the dialogue, and in this case, a lot of the cultural references. Raina Telgemeier Read Quote
All of the narration in ‘Smile’ is first-person. Most of the books that I grew up reading had first-person narrators for some reason. My diaries were written in this voice, and since this story is autobiographical, it just felt like a natural extension. Raina Telgemeier Read Quote
I’ve always believed in working hard, and I’m grateful that people seem to connect with the kinds of stories I’m passionate about telling. Raina Telgemeier Read Quote
