Unlike novel characters, comic book characters last an eternity. When a character is changed beyond recognition, there's no longer the merchandising aspect. — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
The only time I ever met a character that I wrote was when I met Ian McKellan, when he was playing Magneto… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Your character that you create in your writing not only represents who you are, but also represents a number of people who… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Sometimes I pretend not to look at my own characters, because that's like different people getting off with your girlfriend or something. — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
I think any writer coming on to 'Batman' should at least attempt to do their own definitive version. What it means to… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
These characters were like twelve-bar blues or other chord progressions. Given the basic parameters of Batman, different creators could play very different… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
The thing that's been exciting about 'Superman' is to see how the character has developed through generations. — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Gayness is built into Batman. I'm not using gay in the pejorative sense, but Batman is very, very gay. There's just no… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
I love 'Batman.' I love the Adam West 'Batman.' I love the animated 'Batman.' The character of Batman can encompass any interpretation,… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
With Marvel and DC, you're working with their pre-established fictional universes and characters. At those places, you're working with characters who will… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Because it all derived from Superman. I mean, I love all the characters, but Superman is just this perfect human pop-culture distillation… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the… — Grant Morrison Copy Share
“Look at it, Dane. Look at the city and the world in its proud array, like a cask of jewels laid open for you.… — Grant Morrison Copy Share
Sometimes I pretend not to look at my own characters, because that's like different people getting off with your girlfriend or something. — Grant Morrison Copy Share
Why am I in Hell? It hurts. It hurts all the time. Why am I in Hell? I just want to go home and… — Grant Morrison Copy Share
The more I think about it, the more I realize that schools are just factories for turning out robots, that's all. They get you… — Grant Morrison Copy Share
I plan years in advance, but I like to leave enough space in the narrative scheme to change things, because I always get my… — Grant Morrison Copy Share
Talking to oneself, I have often thought, is the best way to be sure of intelligent and witty conversation. — Grant Morrison Copy Share
Everyone does magic all the time in different ways. "Life" plus "significance" = magic. — Grant Morrison Copy Share
“If our shallow, self-critical culture sometimes seems to lack a sense of the numinous or spiritual it’s only in the same way a fish… — Grant Morrison Copy Share
“Hell is only the Cringe Eternal and the Place of our Self's Undoing. When Nietzsche proclaimed "God is Dead!" he forgot to add that… — Grant Morrison Copy Share
“Idealists and reformers all become executioners in their turn. The road to utopia ends with the steps of the scaffold, the endless moment of… — Grant Morrison Copy Share
I think that superhero comics in particular are really useful for talking about big emotions and feelings, and personifying and concretizing symbols. — Grant Morrison Copy Share
