“You have to draw a line. I just think I drew it in the wrong fucking place.” — Tom King Draw Copy Share Image
That's my whole point as an artist - I'm trying to get you to turn a page. — Tom King Art Copy Share Image
When I was 12, I used to ride my scooter two miles to a comics shop, which I can't imagine letting my… — Tom King City Copy Share Image
“One can be a good person and still believe that certain behaviors are a sin. I personally think lying is a sin,… — Tom King Best friend Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of a set purpose by logical means is the way of tyranny... The pursuit of an unobtainable purpose by absurd… — Tom King Freedom Copy Share Image
My first book is called 'Carry the Three.' It's definitely in a drawer, and it's terrible. I never sent it to anybody.… — Tom King Book Copy Share Image
“Our freedom of mobility has helped keep this nation free. We are eagles, not herds of cattle. Eagles are much harder to… — Tom King Freedom Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer, and my mother was like, 'No, why don't you become a lawyer?' That sort of thing. — Tom King Become Copy Share Image
I think sometimes you go through an experience, and you don't feel the impact, especially in a war experience, until way past… — Tom King Experience Copy Share Image
I grew up your classic nerd who was not good at throwing balls or kicking them. I was good at reading stories… — Tom King Balls Copy Share Image
I try not to push characters too close to myself because they get harder to write, but as a writer, you try… — Tom King Find Copy Share Image
You throw sadness, you throw depression, you throw horror at Batman, he's like, 'Yeah, yawn, I've done that.' You throw happiness at… — Tom King Depression Copy Share Image
I grew up in a weird environment. My mother's head of the home video division, basically. She played a big role in… — Tom King Home 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… — Tom King Batman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I understand how Bruce Wayne feels. When you take down a terrorist or something, there's always six guys to take their… — Tom King Always Copy Share Image
“It is when we are at our darkest hour, when we can see no evidence that God loves us or that he… — Tom King Darkest hour 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,… — Tom King Art Copy Share Image
As ever, I caveat with saying that I don't write about the factual content of my C.I.A. experience. Ever. People who are… — Tom King Experience Copy Share Image
“Socialists are convinced socialism will work if it's only managed by the right people. It's one of the reasons so many socialist… — Tom King Capitalism Copy Share Image
Not to get political, but it seems like every day I read the paper, and you're reading about nuclear war and Russians… — Tom King Country 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… — Tom King Bane Copy Share Image
“Christ does not give us permission to curse the name of men he has died to save. We are to treat all… — Tom King Inspirational 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… — Tom King Management Copy Share Image
That's all the Joker is. It's Batman without love. The Riddler is the opposite of that. It's the detective in him. — Tom King Batman 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,… — Tom King Again Copy Share Image
What eventually you find in comics is the only thing unique you can bring to a character who's been around for 80… — Tom King Character Copy Share Image
I wanted to look like the most diverse writer in comics! Spy genre, space genre, crime genre, and then you realize that… — Tom King Comic Copy Share Image
Writing is weaponized empathy. It's putting yourself in someone else's head. It's finding what's in them that relates to you. — Tom King Empathy Copy Share Image
'Batman' readers are the smartest readers in the world. I don't have to hold their hands. — Tom King Batman Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about the Trump era, but I didn't want to write, 'Fascism sucks' or 'Trump sucks.' That doesn't get… — Tom King About Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer in putting your experiences in your writing, of bleeding into the page. — Tom King Bleeding Copy Share Image
It's good to be a cynic. I'm a cynic. But the best part of being a cynic is somebody proving you wrong. — Tom King Being Copy Share Image
