Grant Morrison

A cannon fires only once but words detonate across centuries

— Grant Morrison

Sometimes you wonder, in an interconnected universe, who's dreaming who?

— Grant Morrison

One must commit acts of the highest treason only when dressed in the most resplendent finery.

— Grant Morrison

“All it takes is one wrong turn. And there's always one wrong turn.”

— Grant Morrison

Then I reminded myself that all intelligent children suffer bad dreams.

— Grant Morrison

“Doomed planet. Desperate scientists. Last hope. Kindly couple.”

— Grant Morrison

Consciousness, rather than being something that we have, is something we participate in.

— Grant Morrison

Remember it's all just a mirror we made to see ourselves in.

— Grant Morrison

He felt the hot impact of bullets. He heard the sound of chopping meat. He thought 'is that me?' . . .…

— Grant Morrison

I think that superhero comics in particular are really useful for talking about big emotions and feelings, and personifying and concretizing symbols.

— Grant Morrison

“Batman knew what it was like to trip balls without seriously losing his shit, and that savoir faire added another layer to…

— Grant Morrison

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

The only time I ever met a character that I wrote was when I met Ian McKellan, when he was playing Magneto…

— Grant Morrison

Your character that you create in your writing not only represents who you are, but also represents a number of people who…

— Grant Morrison

I use everything. Turning life into stories is how I make sense of my experience. No matter how weird or disturbing or…

— Grant Morrison

I guess my inspiration is this - I like to pretend that every story that ever happened to 'Batman' was real and…

— Grant Morrison

Oh, yes! Fill the churches with dirty thoughts! Introduce honesty to the White House! Write letters in dead languages to people you've…

— Grant Morrison

Performing magic has a lot to do with the arrangement of apparent coincidences and providing pathways along which desires can travel, or,…

— Grant Morrison

Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman…

— Grant Morrison

I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning into metaphor whatever's going on in my life,…

— Grant Morrison

“[He]... watches the Joker rising from his wheelchair, the way a rabbit watches car headlights bearing down, unable to move a single,…

— Grant Morrison

I should say I am far more cleverer than any of the people who put me here. As a matter of fact,…

— Grant Morrison

Stop being frightened. You only see a monster because they want you to see monsters everywhere. They've conditioned you to look for…

— Grant Morrison

I prefer working out of strict continuity, because no normal human being can have a firm grip on the constantly shifting bardo-like…

— Grant Morrison

“No matter how shitty things are, you can always get a song out of it.”

— Grant Morrison

The big problem is time. I don't have enough of it to do all the things I think about doing.

— Grant Morrison

I tend to only read comics written by friends or people I've known. And I'm not a great comic reader.

— Grant Morrison

Reality and unreality have no clear distinction in our present circumstances.

— Grant Morrison

It's so horrible to realize you're just the same as everyone else, isn't it?

— Grant Morrison

Enough madness? Enough? And how do you measure madness? - The Joker

— Grant Morrison

“Routine is important, I think. A good routine diverts the mind from morbid imaginings.”

— Grant Morrison

I couldn't think of one clever way to stop this guy, so I just trusted to mindless violence.

— Grant Morrison

I was a clubber in the Nineties. I went dancing every week.

— Grant Morrison

Whatever you do, make sure you go right to the top, because you sure as hell can't piss upwards on people.

— Grant Morrison

When was the last time you had a thought that wasn't put there by THEM?

— Grant Morrison

Life doesn't have plots and subplots and denouements. It's just a big collection of loose ends and dangling threads that never get…

— Grant Morrison

I can always see ways to improve what I've done. At the same time, knowing it's all an ongoing life's work allows…

— Grant Morrison

If this book has made any point clear, I hope it's that things don't have to be real to be true. Or…

— Grant Morrison

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

Study yourself the way a hunter studied prey. Exploit your own weaknesses to create desired changes within yourself.

— Grant Morrison