“You often hear that people go into show business to find the love they never had when they were children. Never believe it! Every comic and most of the actors I know had a childhood full of love. Then they grew up and found out that in the grown-up world, you don't get all that love, you just get your share. So they went into show business to recapture the love they had known as children when they were the center of the universe.” PeopleKnowsWorldBelieveChildrenShowsUniverseActorsFoundKnownShareChildhoodLove YouGrewGrew UpComicShow BusinessCenter Of The Universe Author:Mel Brooks
“I didnt really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing.” BookBigsPassionGrowsGrowing UpPlayerChildhoodBaseballThirdsCardsComicGradesComic BookMy PassionCollectingFanaticsBaseball PlayerThird GradeBaseball Cards Author:Alan Ritchson
“There was a long stint during my childhood after I gave up on being a pro football player - were talking sixth grade here - that I strongly considered a future writing and drawing comic books. I have been making stuff up ever since.” WritingLongHas BeensBookStuffTalkingPlayerChildhoodFootballDrawingComicGradesComic BookGave UpFootball PlayerPro FootballSixth Grade Author:Adam Ross
“I was a serious comic collector and fanboy as a kid. I wanted very badly to draw comic books for a lot of my childhood and early adolescence. So when you have an unfulfilled dream like that, when years later you find yourself in a position to make a graphic novel - hell yeah, I'm going to do that.” YearsBookDreamKidsWantedNovelHellChildhoodPositionSeriousDrawsYeahComicFinding YourselfAdolescenceComic BookGraphicCollectorsGraphic NovelsUnfulfilled DreamsHell Yeah Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I knew what I wanted to do when I set out. I knew that I wanted to write a book that told the story, obviously. I wanted it be comedy first, because I felt like there already had been childhood druggy stories that were very serious, and I felt that the unique thing here was that I was a comic and I could tell the story with some levity, and I have been laughing at these stories my whole life.” WritingFirstsHas BeensBookWholeStoriesWantedFeltLaughingComedyChildhoodSeriousUniqueWhole LifeComicLevityUnique Things Author:Moshe Kasher
“When you start in the childhood period, when you begin to form a comic sense, it was the radio comedians - from the last days of radio and the first days of television. And Spike Jones. And the Marx Brothers. They represented anarchy. They took things that were nice and decent and proper, and they tore them to shreds. That attracted me.” FirstsLastsFormNiceChildhoodTelevisionBrotherPeriodsRadioComicComedianDecentAnarchyLast DayMarx Brothers Author:George Carlin
“I have been a fan of comic books since childhood.” Has BeensBookFansChildhoodComicComic Book Author:Khaled Hosseini
“My kind of childhood comic ideal was Tim Conway. And just because I always loved that he could do so much without saying anything and just his physical comedy. I'd love - I mean, that would be kind of a dream to have him come on and be able to act across from him.” KindMeanDreamComedyChildhoodComicBe Kind Author:Tony Hale
“I'm a comic nerd. I'm a former serious collector for much of my childhood and early teen years I wanted to draw underground comics.” YearsWantedChildhoodSeriousDrawsFormerComicNerdCollectors Author:Anthony Bourdain
“At the end of the day I have many answers for it. It has to do with my mom, who was an extraordinary woman, and a great feminist. It has to do with the people in my life. It has to do with a lot of different things, but -- I don't know! Because I'm not just writing from the female characters for other people. I have a desire to see them in our culture -- that was not met for most of my childhood. Except occasionally by James Cameron. [From the 2011 San Diego Comic Con, in response to being asked why he writes strong female characters.]” PeopleKnowsWritingDifferentEndsCharacterDesireCultureStrongAnswersChildhoodMomMetsFemaleResponseExtraordinaryFeministMy MomComicThe End Of The DayDifferent ThingsFemale CharactersCameronStrong Female CharactersStrong FemaleSan DiegoComic Con Author:Joss Whedon