I don't want to take somebody else's beating. That makes me unhappy. Jack Kirby More Quotes by Jack Kirby More Quotes From Jack Kirby I want to be better than five guys. I was that way when I used to box, I was that way in any sport. I want to compete with five other guys. If I beat five other guys, I'd like to see if I can beat six. Jack Kirby guy want sports My style is personal, my style of writing is personal, and I believe in that. I believe what comes out of me is an individual thing, and that's why I, I believe in the individual. Jack Kirby style writing believe I hated to fight all the time just to enjoy my day. Fighting wasn't the kind of thing that I enjoyed, but I grew to enjoy it because I did it so long. Jack Kirby fighting kind long I didn't resolve the questions... and I find that entertaining. And if my life were to end tomorrow, it would be fulfilled in that manner. I would say, 'The questions have been terrific.' Jack Kirby tomorrow ends would-be Every father was his own man. He did what he wanted. If your mother went shopping, your father never went with her. Jack Kirby mother men father Nobody ever wrote a story for me. I told in every story what was really inside my gut, and it came out that way. My stories began to get noticed because the average reader could associate with them. Jack Kirby stories average way I wasn't the kind of student that Pratt was looking for. They wanted patient people who would work on something forever. I didn't want to work on any project forever. I intended to get things done. Jack Kirby done forever people There was violence because first of all, there were ethnic differences and names. If you were small, they called you a runt, and you had to do something about that even if there were five other guys. Jack Kirby differences guy names 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 a train engineer gets a train in on time, he's going to make someone happy who's waiting at the station. And if an artist draws the kind of a picture that people are going to enjoy looking at, or he makes a visual story which people are going to enjoy reading, he's done his job. Jack Kirby artist reading jobs There was one time they knocked me out and laid me in front of my mother's door. And in order for my mother not to be shocked they readjusted my clothes and they saw that nothing was rumpled and I looked very comfortable next to the apartment door, so when my mother would open the door it wouldn't be that much of a shock. Jack Kirby mother doors order Comics have a caste system - an editor has to act in a certain way, an artist has to be humble. Jack Kirby editors artist humble I'm OMAC! Evacuate this section! I'm going to destroy it! Jack Kirby sections I was a good student in the subjects that I wanted to be good in. The curriculum in my section was excellent. Jack Kirby curriculum excellent students I wouldn't call Adolf Hitler a corporal. Adolf Hitler was looked up to. He was revered almost like a God because he was feared. Adolf Hitler took all of Europe, and my generation had to confront Adolf Hitler. Jack Kirby my-generation generations europe Aw, where we come from the Anti-Life Equation is one of many others--almost as awesome!! But they merely exist!! Jack Kirby where-we-come equations My parents loved me. My father used to carry me around on my shoulders. I know my father loved me. All families love their children, and we were good boys. Jack Kirby boys father children The people who worked in comics were terrific guys. I had a good association with them, and I enjoyed comics for that very reason. Jack Kirby guy association people I'd had a belly-full of being subservient. I had to find something else to do, and I did. I went to the animation houses. I went to new fields. Jack Kirby animation fields house I could do whatever I liked to do during the day. I didn't have to work in an office. I could work at home. I could work at my leisure. I worked 'til four in the morning. I worked with the TV and radio on - it was a great setup. I was a night person and still am. Jack Kirby home morning night I was happy because I made enough money to give to my parents. I made enough money to get married on. I made enough money to enjoy myself a little more than I would have if I didn't have enough money. Jack Kirby parent littles giving
