I wanted to be a writer, and my mother was like, 'No, why don't you become a lawyer?' That sort of thing. — Tom King Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer in putting your experiences in your writing, of bleeding into the page. — Tom King Copy Share Image
I try not to push characters too close to myself because they get harder to write, but as a writer, you try… — Tom King Copy Share Image
Batman's not mine. He doesn't necessarily belong to me. As a character, he belongs first to the audience and second to the… — Tom King Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about the Trump era, but I didn't want to write, 'Fascism sucks' or 'Trump sucks.' That doesn't get… — Tom King Copy Share Image
Writing is weaponized empathy. It's putting yourself in someone else's head. It's finding what's in them that relates to you. — Tom King Copy Share Image
I wanted to look like the most diverse writer in comics! Spy genre, space genre, crime genre, and then you realize that… — Tom King Copy Share Image
My novel got published, and I became a paid writer, which was nice, and then it came out, and nobody bought it,… — Tom King Copy Share Image
I'm a comic book writer, so I work with a lot of artists. Sometimes, you get art back, and you're like, 'Oh,… — Tom King Copy Share Image
I've been the desperate writer before. I wrote a novel, and they paid me for it, and I've had those calls from… — Tom King Copy Share Image
“We may be rats in a maze as far as the Obama administration is concerned, but in Texas, we are rats with a firm… — Tom King Copy Share
That's what's great about the Batman universe. When you explore Gotham, when you explore the villains, all of them point to this one character.… — Tom King Copy Share
When I talk about the C.I.A. stuff, I feel guilt because I left. I really believed in that job, and my colleagues are still… — Tom King Copy Share
My novel got published, and I became a paid writer, which was nice, and then it came out, and nobody bought it, so I… — Tom King Copy Share
I love continuity. I was a continuity nerd growing up. I loved buying a comic in the middle of something and loved digging for… — Tom King Copy Share
When I was dealing with a lot of Iraqis, lies were constant; people constantly lied to you. It's a part of their culture. They… — Tom King Copy Share
Literally, over a weekend, Friday to Monday, I went from a C.I.A. officer to changing diapers and putting the kid in a Bjorn and… — Tom King Copy Share
I went to college in New York. I interned at Vertigo, and then I interned at Marvel working for Chris Claremont. Just to age… — Tom King Copy Share
“There is only one reason to do a charity golf tournament. To make money! But while golf tournaments can be exhausting, time-consuming and fraught… — Tom King Copy Share
I'm a comic book writer, so I work with a lot of artists. Sometimes, you get art back, and you're like, 'Oh, no.' Sometimes,… — Tom King Copy Share
“Our freedom of mobility has helped keep this nation free. We are eagles, not herds of cattle. Eagles are much harder to corral with… — Tom King Copy Share
“Parents sacrifice their lives for their children. Then children become parents and sacrifice their own lives. And so all is sacrificed and nothing is… — Tom King Copy Share
I'm a firm believer in putting your experiences in your writing, of bleeding into the page. — Tom King Copy Share
