--- title: "1 Original Source Quotes By Bob Kane" description: "1 Original Source quotes by Bob Kane. Plus more from Bob Kane and more Original Source sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/bob-kane-25123_facts_if-you-ever-want-to-get-the-facts-straig_2595944.jpg" --- > [If you ever want to get the facts straight about me or the Batman, please write to the original source, myself, for the truth, instead of second guessing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/if-you-ever-want-to-get-the-facts-straight-about-me-or-the-batman/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/bob-kane-25123_facts_if-you-ever-want-to-get-the-facts-straig_2595944.jpg) ## More by Bob Kane > [It's been 25 years now, and truthfully, time sometimes blurs the memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/it-s-been-25-years-now-and-truthfully-time-sometimes-blurs-the-memory/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/if-bill-finger-created-batman-where-is-bill-finger-s-byline-on-my/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [I didn't have the time to literally write and draw the strip at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/i-didn-t-have-the-time-to-literally-write-and-draw-the-strip-at-the/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [What I read is so distorted that I cannot believe that the person they are talking about is myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/what-i-read-is-so-distorted-that-i-cannot-believe-that-the-person/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [This sounds like my autobiography, but I thought this would be a good time to sound off about myself, as I think that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/this-sounds-like-my-autobiography-but-i-thought-this-would-be-a-good/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [Although Bill Finger literally typed the scripts in the early days, he wrote the scripts from ideas that we mutually collaborated on. Many of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/although-bill-finger-literally-typed-the-scripts-in-the-early-days-he/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [Batman has been acknowledged as a legend in my lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/batman-has-been-acknowledged-as-a-legend-in-my-lifetime/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/the-trouble-with-being-a-ghostwriter-or-artist-is-that-you-must/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/i-intend-to-explode-the-myths-about-myself-and-get-down-to-the-real/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [To me, it's not work. When I draw and I write, I find it relaxing. It's not like 9-to-5, where a man goes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/to-me-it-s-not-work-when-i-draw-and-i-write-i-find-it-relaxing-it-s/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [It took them a while to catch on that Batman would be the greatest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/it-took-them-a-while-to-catch-on-that-batman-would-be-the-greatest/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [Much is written about the Batman because he is publicly exposed in print. Very little is known personally about his creator, because I haven't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/much-is-written-about-the-batman-because-he-is-publicly-exposed-in/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/i-was-involved-with-the-batman-there-are-two-sides-to-every-story-now/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [In the Golden Age of Batman, I penciled, inked, and lettered my strip by myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/in-the-golden-age-of-batman-i-penciled-inked-and-lettered-my-strip-by/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) > [When I first drew him I had eyes in there and it didn't look right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/when-i-first-drew-him-i-had-eyes-in-there-and-it-didn-t-look-right/) [Bob Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-kane/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/original-source/bob-kane/#itemlist", "name": "1 Original Source Quotes By Bob Kane", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you ever want to get the facts straight about me or the Batman, please write to the original source, myself, for the truth, instead of second guessing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bob Kane" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-kane/if-you-ever-want-to-get-the-facts-straight-about-me-or-the-batman/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/bob-kane-25123_facts_if-you-ever-want-to-get-the-facts-straig_2595944.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/bob-kane-25123_facts_if-you-ever-want-to-get-the-facts-straig_2595944.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/bob-kane-25123_facts_if-you-ever-want-to-get-the-facts-straig_2595944.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you ever want to get the facts straight about me or the Batman, please write to the original source…” — Bob Kane", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/original-source/bob-kane/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/original-source/bob-kane/", "name": "Original Source Quotes by Bob Kane", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/original-source/bob-kane/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/bob-kane-25123_facts_if-you-ever-want-to-get-the-facts-straig_2595944.jpg" }, "description": "1 Original Source quotes by Bob Kane. 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