Quotes by Jack Kirby

I write from a people’s point of view. I love people because I understand them. I understand an enemy, I understand a friend, I understand grey areas, and I understand black areas.

Speaking as a human being, not as a businessman – the unions are great. The unions are great for the working people because they protect you, but I didn’t see them that way as a young man. First of all, the papers would connect them with thee communists – labor unions were communists.

I don’t want to take somebody else’s beating. That makes me unhappy.

You fought fair. If the other guy wants to fight and you knocked him out, you did your best for him. You didn’t want to hurt him any more.

It’s funny how easy it is to point out other peoples mistakes and make our own mistakes seem insignificant.

A good commander can beat the odds. A great commander can beat the gods.

It’s not in the draftsmanship, it’s in the man. Like I say, a tool is dead. A brush is a dead object. It’s in the man. If you want to do it, you do it.

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 do well, but if he’s mediocre, he’s not going to do as well as he should.

I’m not interested in the ego trip of creating or not creating. I’m interested in selling a magazine. Rock-bottom, I sell magazines. I’m a thorough professional who does his job.

I’ll never speak to another person without telling the truth. I’ve been a cruel man in my time, I’ve been a devious man in my time, like everybody else. I’ve told lies in my time. But I’ve seen enough suffering to experiment with the truth.