Quotes from Bryan Lee O'Malley

Culture is evolving, and I'm along for the ride.

The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known.

Seeing people cosplaying my characters is always a blast.

I'm too young to have experienced firsthand the '70s rock, but when I was in high school, me and my friends were super into Neil Young. That was the grunge era, and he was considered cool again.

I didn't expect 'Scott Pilgrim' to be successful. I just made this weird comic to entertain my friends.

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.

Doubt yourself all you want, but you have to make choices in life and live with them.

I don't really picture anyone when I'm drawing. They just become their own completed person with googly eyes.

Tumblr culture and the whole reappropriation-without-context thing are a double-edged sword in that they both raise awareness of my work and also kind of devalue it at the same time.

When I was a kid, I desperately wanted more background information on especially cartoonists.

I've certainly played games that provoked a real emotional response or serious thought processes.

I'm always exploring other people: trying to figure out myself, trying to figure out everyone.

I don't think anyone ever sets out to make a crappy movie, but there are a lot of forces working against those people who are trying to make something decent. There are a lot of fine lines to walk and small battles to fight.

I've always been open to the idea of an adaptation that does its own thing, that freely diverges from the original as long as it's true to the spirit.

The first Nintendo game I ever got was 'Clash at Demonhead.' I got into anime and manga thanks to that Canadian classic, 'Sailor Moon.'

'Seconds' is very much about reaching out for the next thing after you've figured out the first thing.

I feel like im in this river just getting swept along... And if I hold on to anyone, if I'm holding on for dear life, I'm not getting anywhere. I'm stuck. ...I never wanted to get stuck

I don't want to spend my entire life drawing talking heads. It seems like a waste of everyone's time.

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.

I always like to write where I'm at in real life into whatever I'm working on.

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.

I grew up in London, Ontario, and moved to Toronto when I was 22 or 23.

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.'

I really like the look of old '70s and '80s Japanese comics, so I think that style is something I will continue to draw.