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… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I feel that man can transcend himself to a point where he can accomplish greater things than he thinks. I see people… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through. — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I was being brought up on peasant stories; my mother came from Europe and she'd been a peasant and that was the… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I won't do anything bad, and I resent very deeply bad people who haven't got the ability, who try to interfere with… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
Speaking as a human being, not as a businessman - the unions are great. The unions are great for the working people… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I've done my job extremely well. My only beef is that a lot of people have put their fingers in whatever I've… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I always enjoyed doing monster books. Monster books gave me the opportunity to draw things out of the ordinary. Monster books were… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
There are people that I didn't like, but I saw them suffer and it changed me. I promised myself that I would… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I draw people as I see them. I'm not involved in making artistic masterpieces. My, my object is to mirror people and… — 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… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
If a carpenter makes a chair that's comfortable for the person who's going to sit in it, he's done his job. If… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
An American is a guy, a rich guy with a family, a decent guy with a family with as many kids as… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I wasn't the kind of student that Pratt was looking for. They wanted patient people who would work on something forever. I… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
The people who worked in comics were terrific guys. I had a good association with them, and I enjoyed comics for that… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I write from a people's point of view. I love people because I understand them. I understand an enemy, I understand a… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I never sued anybody, I never fought anybody or was in conflict or contention with any other party in a legal way.… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image