That's my whole point as an artist - I'm trying to get you to turn a page. — Tom King Art Copy Share Image
“You have to draw a line. I just think I drew it in the wrong fucking place.” — Tom King Copy Share Image
It's hard to find a unique look for a Batman villain. Everything like a scar on the face, or a skin condition,… — Tom King Batman 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… — Tom King Colleagues Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer in putting your experiences in your writing, of bleeding into the page. — Tom King Copy Share Image
“To assert as truth that which has no meaning is the core mission of humanity.” — Tom King Goals 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
I started out as a novelist, and I think novels have gotten a little stiff, a little repetitive, and the energy in… — Tom King Books 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… — Tom King Age 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
“So rather than spending my golden years searching for the meaning of my life, I rather believe I'll just keep on trying… — Tom King Death Copy Share Image
The idea of doing a buffer, sexier Riddler - I like that. I think he's a reflection of Batman, and I think… — Tom King Copy Share Image
If you actually read the 'New Gods' tetralogy, this epic without an ending, it's like dipping your head into madness. You feel… — Tom King Copy Share Image
I've been the desperate writer before. I wrote a novel, and they paid me for it, and I've had those calls from… — Tom King Books Copy Share Image
I served my country; I did that. I was in the C.I.A., and I served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I love… — Tom King Body Copy Share Image
Batman gets close to the insanity of Gotham, to the craziness, to what drives that city mad, and not be driven mad… — Tom King Batman Copy Share Image
You can't tell a Batman story without the Joker, and you can't tell a Joker story without Batman. They're just the symbols… — Tom King Batman Copy Share Image
I have my dream job. If I was seven years old and you asked me what I'd want to be 30 years… — Tom King Dream job 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
“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 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
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
“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
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 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
My novel got published, and I became a paid writer, which was nice, and then it came out, and nobody bought it,… — Tom King 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
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
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 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 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
