I don't think people were put here to be happy. I think if you decide to be an artist or a writer, you automatically accept the responsibility of bei…

- Jim Steranko

I'm no saint, but there are times when I simply cannot sanction freedom from responsibility.

- Jim Steranko

Most - and I mean maybe 99% or more - graphic novels are simply fat comicbooks. The term is a bogus, cocked-up concept some marketing whizkid conceiv…

- Jim Steranko

I rejected the idea of 9/11 being exploited pornographically immediately after the tragedy, when no one else breathed a word about it.

- Jim Steranko

I regret that he didn't do anything about it, even though he was at least a head taller than me. I wouldn't have minded bleeding at all for one more …

- Jim Steranko

Too many artists and writers have forgotten their roots. I embrace my fans because, in a way, they're family.

- Jim Steranko

Comic book companies are like comic book villains; they keep coming back after they die.

- Jim Steranko

There is not one piece of artwork I have ever done that lived up to the vision I had for it in my head. That's why I keep on trying. Maybe someday I'…

- Jim Steranko

At every show, people I've never seen approach me with the same story: how experiencing my work changed their lives and made them artists or writers …

- Jim Steranko