Drawn That Way Quotes

“The work was the work, but in the end, it wasn't everything. There was more. I was more.”
― Elissa Sussman, Drawn That Way

“I didn't need more of his influence. I needed to discover my own. I needed to figure out who I was now that I'd stopped trying to be him.”
― Elissa Sussman, Drawn That Way

“Animation is--
It was magic and it was power, and it was something I could do really well. It was a part of me and outside of me. It was feeling nostalgic for something that hadn't even happened. It was gravity. It just was.”
― Elissa Sussman, Drawn That Way

“Women have been shut out of animation, making us believe it's because we're not good enough. That our stories aren't worth telling.”
― Elissa Sussman, Drawn That Way

“I didn't know who I was anymore. Didn't know what to do without this intense, unrelenting drive that used to push me forward. I didn't feel anything except failure, which was like a huge gaping wound - a black hole of ambition.”
― Elissa Sussman, Drawn That Way

“If I couldn't do this, what could I do? What good was all this ambition and drive and talent? Was it all a waste?”
― Elissa Sussman, Drawn That Way

“Animation was a part of me. It made me who I was.”
― Elissa Sussman, Drawn That Way

“I didn't want to be protected - I wanted to be seen.”
― Elissa Sussman, Drawn That Way

“It wasn't my first kiss, but it felt like the first kiss that mattered. The first kiss that took me out of myself - that shut my brain off. The first kiss where I wasn't thinking about storyboards or stories or all the ideas that I had that I was terrified I'd never get to finish.
All I was thinking about was how good I felt.”
― Elissa Sussman, Drawn That Way