I would've liked to have been a better businessman when I was younger. And of course, I couldn't, because it wasn't part of my atmosphere. I never lived with accountants, I never lived with lawyers. — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
The artist is the lowest form of life on the rung of the ladder. The publishers are usually businessmen who deal with businessmen. They deal with promotional people. They deal with financial people. They deal with accountants. They deal with… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
All human beings have the capability of doing what they want, what they're attracted to. — Jack Kirby Copy Share
I always resent anybody interfering with anybody else trying to do his job. Everybody has his own job to do. If he's good, he'll… — Jack Kirby Copy Share
I get a lot of comics, and I can look at a comic and tell immediately whether I'll enjoy it or not. There are… — Jack Kirby Copy Share
If you're a thorough professional, and they won't let you do a professional job, nobody's going to benefit from it. The people who produce… — Jack Kirby Copy Share
Nobody ever asked me to do anything. Nobody knew what to do. When comics were brand new, nobody knew what kind of comics to… — Jack Kirby Copy Share
I've done things that I wouldn't ordinarily seem capable of doing. And I've proven myself in situations where there's life and death at stake.… — Jack Kirby Copy Share
Some of my friends became gangsters. You became a gangster depending upon how fast you wanted a suit. Gangsters weren't the stereotypes you see… — Jack Kirby Copy Share
A man is entitled to draw things in his own style. I didn't hurt Superman. I made him powerful. I admire Superman, but I've… — Jack Kirby Copy Share
I'm a guy who had to perform some way. I had to perform in some way. If not as an actor, I'd perform as… — Jack Kirby Copy Share
I taught myself how to draw, and I soon found out it was what I really wanted to do. I didn't think I was… — Jack Kirby Copy Share
I've never done anything half-heartedly; it's a disservice to me and the audience if I do it half-heartedly. — Jack Kirby Copy Share
My purpose was what my father's purpose was - to make a living and to have a family. I was going to do the… — Jack Kirby Copy Share
I hated to fight all the time just to enjoy my day. Fighting wasn't the kind of thing that I enjoyed, but I grew… — Jack Kirby Copy Share
All life on Earth is subject to the rumbles and rockings of the parent stucture which has no control over the disastrous effects of… — Jack Kirby Copy Share
