“Parents sacrifice their lives for their children. Then children become parents and sacrifice their own lives. And so all is sacrificed and nothing is gained. Life, then becomes the pursuit of an unobtainable purpose by absurd means.” — Tom King Copy Share Image
“I am not a joke. I am not a riddle! I am not a bird or a cat or a penguin! I'm not a scarecrow or a plant or a puppet! I am not your broken friend! I am not… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 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, no.' Sometimes,… — Tom King Copy Share Image
