Bob Kane Quotes

In the Golden Age of Batman, I penciled, inked, and lettered my strip by myself. — Bob Kane

Google and Accurint can make you feel very smart, but the best stories come when you're out in the field. — Jonathan Franzen

How can an article about me or the Batman be the true story when I am not consulted or interviewed? — Bob Kane

Every artist who drew Batman after creator Bob Kane was a better artist than Kane [ ... ]. — Mike W. Barr

I am planning a one-man art show of original Batman oil paintings that I will show in New York City. — Bob Kane

When you are angry, do not speak, but close your eyes. You can regain your inner peace with a word of prayer. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Batman has been acknowledged as a legend in my lifetime. — Bob Kane

There was pain in him - like a blister, all that was left of some lost yesterday that Time had pruned off him. — Frank Herbert

If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence. — Bob Kane

When I first drew him I had eyes in there and it didn't look right. — Bob Kane

What I read is so distorted that I cannot believe that the person they are talking about is myself. — Bob Kane

Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is. — Spencer Tracy

I am also a writer. That is a fact not known by the public in general. — Bob Kane

The strength of any plan depends on the time. Circumstances and things eternally shift and change. — Michel De Montaigne

The New Look of Batman is more illustrative and realistic. — Bob Kane

It took them a while to catch on that Batman would be the greatest. — Bob Kane

Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words. — Bruce Jackson

It is difficult to separate, at times, the myth from the truth. — Bob Kane

I wanted to howl until I was nothing but sound. — Lish McBride

You're not in a pissing match with a seven-year-old, are you? Gunner called. — Lizzy Ford

I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman. — Bob Kane

I didn't have the time to literally write and draw the strip at the same time. — Bob Kane

It's been 25 years now, and truthfully, time sometimes blurs the memory. — Bob Kane

Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times. — David Ben-Gurion

I created Batman about 10 years before Ian Fleming created James Bond. — Bob Kane

I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side. — Bob Kane