--- title: "29 Comic Quotes By Frank Miller" description: "29 Comic quotes by Frank Miller. Plus more from Frank Miller and more Comic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/frank-miller-4663_book_i-don-t-do-a-comic-book-thinking-there-i_2107945.png" --- > [I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie. I just want it to be as good a comic book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-don-t-do-a-comic-book-thinking-there-is-a-movie-i-just-want-it-to/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/frank-miller-4663_book_i-don-t-do-a-comic-book-thinking-there-i_2107945.png) > [And I was going to be damned if I was older than Batman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/and-i-was-going-to-be-damned-if-i-was-older-than-batman/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/frank-miller-4663_batman_and-i-was-going-to-be-damned-if-i-was-ol_3164085.png) > [In the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/in-the-world-of-comic-books-troublemaker-means-someone-who-has-some/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/frank-miller-4663_book_in-the-world-of-comic-books-troublemaker_2884842.png) > ['Cartoonists' dirty secret is that we tend to come up with stories that involve things that are really fun to draw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/cartoonists-dirty-secret-is-that-we-tend-to-come-up-with-stories-that/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/frank-miller-4663_cartoonist_cartoonists-dirty-secret-is-that-we-tend_1605413.png) > [Comics are so full of amazing work. And I can't look at a drawing of a woman without thinking of, for instance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/comics-are-so-full-of-amazing-work-and-i-can-t-look-at-a-drawing-of-a/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/frank-miller-4663_amazing-work_comics-are-so-full-of-amazing-work-and-i_2049120.png) > [Gotham City. Clean shafts of concrete and snowy rooftops. The work of men who died generations ago. From here, it looks like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/gotham-city-clean-shafts-of-concrete-and-snowy-rooftops-the-work-of/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/frank-miller-4663_achievement_gotham-city-clean-shafts-of-concrete-and_1317200.png) > [I realized that I was about to turn 30, and Batman was permanently 29. And I was going to be damned if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-realized-that-i-was-about-to-turn-30-and-batman-was-permanently-29/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a76/frank-miller-4663_comic_i-realized-that-i-was-about-to-turn-30-a_1513477.png) > [The fundament of a superhero is the guy in tights saving innocent people from bad things. It's amazing how infrequently that seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/the-fundament-of-a-superhero-is-the-guy-in-tights-saving-innocent/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46f/frank-miller-4663_bad-thing_the-fundament-of-a-superhero-is-the-guy_1978697.png) > [I was always into noir. When I lived in Vermont I was drawing stuff that looked like an amateur doing Sin City.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-was-always-into-noir-when-i-lived-in-vermont-i-was-drawing-stuff/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/frank-miller-4663_cities_i-was-always-into-noir-when-i-lived-in-v_2372470.jpg) > [I find that if somebody is writing and drawing a comic book, planning it to be a movie and a game at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-find-that-if-somebody-is-writing-and-drawing-a-comic-book-planning/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/frank-miller-4663_book_i-find-that-if-somebody-is-writing-and-d_745402.png) > [I'm a comic book artist. So I think to myself, what do I like to draw? I like to draw hot chicks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-m-a-comic-book-artist-so-i-think-to-myself-what-do-i-like-to-draw-i/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/frank-miller-4663_art_i-m-a-comic-book-artist-so-i-think-to-my_1273286.png) > [I grew up on the crime stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, and noir movies like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-grew-up-on-the-crime-stuff-spillane-chandler-jim-thompson-and-noir/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/frank-miller-4663_bunch_i-grew-up-on-the-crime-stuff-spillane-ch_2051842.png) > [When I'm writing a comic book, I'm thinking about a character that I'm going to be drawing on the page. I've never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/when-i-m-writing-a-comic-book-i-m-thinking-about-a-character-that-i-m/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/589/frank-miller-4663_book_when-i-m-writing-a-comic-book-i-m-thinki_1752300.jpg) > [I don't own an ounce of the work I've ever done on 'Batman,' and I still work on 'Batman.' I love the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-don-t-own-an-ounce-of-the-work-i-ve-ever-done-on-batman-and-i-still/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/frank-miller-4663_ballparks_i-don-t-own-an-ounce-of-the-work-i-ve-ev_3079024.png) > [It was said Daredevil grew up in Hell's Kitchen, an amazing name for a neighbourhood. But that opened a Pandora's box of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/it-was-said-daredevil-grew-up-in-hell-s-kitchen-an-amazing-name-for-a/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/frank-miller-4663_amazing_it-was-said-daredevil-grew-up-in-hell-s_509283.png) > [It is more raw and unfettered and I'm more likely going into something you could call extreme cartooning. There's a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/it-is-more-raw-and-unfettered-and-i-m-more-likely-going-into/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/frank-miller-4663_cartoon_it-is-more-raw-and-unfettered-and-i-m-mo_1570870.jpg) > [Comic book' has come to mean a specific genre, not a story form, in people's minds. So someone will call 'Die Hard'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/comic-book-has-come-to-mean-a-specific-genre-not-a-story-form-in/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/frank-miller-4663_book_comic-book-has-come-to-mean-a-specific-g_2816034.jpg) > [It's not movies and it's not "fine art." The beauty of a comic is that it's clear, direct communication. My work is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/it-s-not-movies-and-it-s-not-fine-art-the-beauty-of-a-comic-is-that/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/frank-miller-4663_art_it-s-not-movies-and-it-s-not-fine-art-th_2951172.png) > [Comic-book pages are vertical, and movie screens are relentlessly horizontal. But it's all the same form. We use different tools, but we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/comic-book-pages-are-vertical-and-movie-screens-are-relentlessly/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/frank-miller-4663_book_comic-book-pages-are-vertical-and-movie_1391127.jpg) > [In the comic-book world, there tends to be an overblown sense of tradition. Bad habits die hard. There are ways I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/in-the-comic-book-world-there-tends-to-be-an-overblown-sense-of/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/frank-miller-4663_bad-habit_in-the-comic-book-world-there-tends-to-b_3076140.png) > [What I want to bring back to superheroes with this project is a sense of play. Things have gotten so dreary. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/what-i-want-to-bring-back-to-superheroes-with-this-project-is-a-sense/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/frank-miller-4663_comic_what-i-want-to-bring-back-to-superheroes_765870.png) > [I guess in my own egotistical way I like to create my own library of Batman books that doesn't run contrary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-guess-in-my-own-egotistical-way-i-like-to-create-my-own-library-of/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/frank-miller-4663_batman_i-guess-in-my-own-egotistical-way-i-like_2667012.png) > [I thought Daredevil was kind of cool because he couldn't do anything. I mean, he's blind. It wasn't that he could fly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-thought-daredevil-was-kind-of-cool-because-he-couldn-t-do-anything/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71e/frank-miller-4663_able_i-thought-daredevil-was-kind-of-cool-bec_2380872.png) > [You do Batman right, and he's going to be popular. He's a great character. I was once asked by somebody if writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/you-do-batman-right-and-he-s-going-to-be-popular-he-s-a-great/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/643/frank-miller-4663_against_you-do-batman-right-and-he-s-going-to-be_2145173.jpg) > [The Dark Knight series is all from Batman’s point of view. But if you look at Dark Knight 2, you’ll see a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/the-dark-knight-series-is-all-from-batman-s-point-of-view-but-if-you/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/frank-miller-4663_batman-dark-knight_the-dark-knight-series-is-all-from-batma_1225025.png) > [People are attempting to bring a superficial reality to superheroes which is rather stupid. They work best as the flamboyant fantasies they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/people-are-attempting-to-bring-a-superficial-reality-to-superheroes/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/frank-miller-4663_arms_people-are-attempting-to-bring-a-superfi_2752853.png) > [The comics I read as a kid were all about guys in tights. But here was a guy who wore a fedora.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/the-comics-i-read-as-a-kid-were-all-about-guys-in-tights-but-here-was/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/frank-miller-4663_about_the-comics-i-read-as-a-kid-were-all-abou_1765095.png) > [The most questionable thing I did was make Superman a government agent. If this had been a Superman story, I'd never have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/the-most-questionable-thing-i-did-was-make-superman-a-government/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/frank-miller-4663_agents_the-most-questionable-thing-i-did-was-ma_2388073.png) > [In a way, 'Sin City''s designed to be paced somewhere between an American comic book and Japanese manga. Working in black and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/in-a-way-sin-city-s-designed-to-be-paced-somewhere-between-an/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/frank-miller-4663_black_in-a-way-sin-city-s-designed-to-be-paced_1827064.png) ## Other authors on Comic - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stan-lee-86596.jpg) Stan Lee 85 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/stan-lee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-waid-64414.jpg) Mark Waid 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/mark-waid/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jim-lee-49809.jpg) Jim Lee 50 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/jim-lee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-rob-liefeld-6199.jpg) Rob Liefeld 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/rob-liefeld/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chris-claremont-23419.jpg) Chris Claremont 42 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/chris-claremont/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeph-loeb-48853.jpg) Jeph Loeb 36 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/jeph-loeb/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gail-simone-36765.jpg) Gail Simone 36 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/gail-simone/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-geoff-johns-37372.jpg) Geoff Johns 35 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/geoff-johns/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-dini-73871.jpg) Paul Dini 34 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/paul-dini/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-clark-gregg-24410.jpg) Clark Gregg 34 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/clark-gregg/) - [Kevin Feige 32 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/kevin-feige/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alan-moore-10359.jpg) Alan Moore 32 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/alan-moore/) ## More by Frank Miller > [Superman punched out Hitler. So did Captain America. That's one of the things they're there for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/superman-punched-out-hitler-so-did-captain-america-that-s-one-of-the/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [Sometimes the solitary voice can be the best one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/sometimes-the-solitary-voice-can-be-the-best-one/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [“I requested off this damn night shift four times now. Barbara needs me. Barbara and little James. So I hope it's boy, so what?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-requested-off-this-damn-night-shift-four-times-now-barbara-needs-me/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [“I'm the goddamn Batman.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-m-the-goddamn-batman/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [But I'm not trying to convince anybody how to vote or how to live. Nobody's ever successfully accused me of being realistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/but-i-m-not-trying-to-convince-anybody-how-to-vote-or-how-to-live/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [My feeling is that the hero has now been defined by phrases like the odious one that we were all raised with - crimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/my-feeling-is-that-the-hero-has-now-been-defined-by-phrases-like-the/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [This should be agony. I should be a mass of aching muscle - broken, spent, unable to move. And, were I an older man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/this-should-be-agony-i-should-be-a-mass-of-aching-muscle-broken-spent/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [A screenwriter is much like being a fire hydrant with a bunch of dogs lined up around it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/a-screenwriter-is-much-like-being-a-fire-hydrant-with-a-bunch-of-dogs/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [When you have a brush in your hand, inking a beautiful woman is a lot like running your hands over her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/when-you-have-a-brush-in-your-hand-inking-a-beautiful-woman-is-a-lot/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [An old man dies, a little girl lives. Fair trade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/an-old-man-dies-a-little-girl-lives-fair-trade/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [3,000 of my neighbors were murdered. My country was, utterly unprovoked, savagely attacked. I wish all those responsible for the atrocity of 9/11 to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/3-000-of-my-neighbors-were-murdered-my-country-was-utterly-unprovoked/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [I check the list. Rubber tubing, gas, saw, gloves, cuffs, razor wire, hatchet, Gladys, and my mitts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-check-the-list-rubber-tubing-gas-saw-gloves-cuffs-razor-wire/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [I take away his weapon. Both of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-take-away-his-weapon-both-of-them/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [Nancy's got a guardian angel. Seven feet plus of muscle and mayhem that goes by the name of Marv.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/nancy-s-got-a-guardian-angel-seven-feet-plus-of-muscle-and-mayhem/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) > [I'm a spoilt brat. I thought I was just going to walk in and make movies. But I'd been my own boss for so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/i-m-a-spoilt-brat-i-thought-i-was-just-going-to-walk-in-and-make/) [Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/frank-miller/#itemlist", "name": "29 Comic Quotes By Frank Miller", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie. 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