The success of 'X-Men' paved the way, I have to presume, for Sony to make Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man.' — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
I'm contractually not allowed to work in comics in the United States other than for Marvel. — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
X-Men has always been about finding your place in a society that doesn't want you. — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
Isn't it amazing how the X-Men always managed to be ahead of everybody's curve no matter how they look at it? — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
For me, writing the 'X-Men' was easy - is easy. I know these people, they're my friends. — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The key thing if you're a writer is to visualize the scene and convey it to the penciller and turn the penciller… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
Comics deal with fundamental archetypes. We've been called the myth-makers of the modern age. — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
I was not creating icons when I wrote the 'The X-Men' and the 'The New Mutants.' I was creating people. — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The challenge is, in terms of a canon like 'X-Men,' it's more like 'Harry Potter' and Hogwarts, or 'Game of Thrones.' It… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
One of the virtues of 'The X-Men' was that it managed to transcend the expectations and prejudices of the medium. It appealed… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
You know, for a normal kid it might be how to ask somebody out on a date or how to deal with… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
A lot of people didn't like the 'Fantastic Four' for the first year and a half. It took a certain measure of… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The fundamental thing that makes the 'X-Men' different from every other series out there is it's all about prejudice. It's about a… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
Like 'Uncanny X-Men,' 'New Excalibur' is the story of people thrown together by fate and wild circumstance who find their way to… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
I always had a sense of where I was going with 'Dark Phoenix.' Jean had the greatest power imaginable... and, how's she… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
I think the biggest challenge is going to be finding a place that sells comics. Ideally, you want someone to come out… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
People try to pigeonhole comics by saying they're just for kids. So is The Odyssey. So is the Labors of Hercules, the… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
In terms of the 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' movie, Bryan Singer has been a part of the X-Men family from the… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
Look at 'Avatar:' the foreign ticket sales were over twice the domestic returns. The mind boggles at those kinds of numbers, but… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
When you're given the assignment to write, for example, 'Spider-Man,' the concept, characters and environment are all laid out for you. Everything… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The one thing I have never been comfortable with in the modern presentation of character - and it may have changed, this… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The really nice thing with 'Future Past' is that you actually have a superhero film - much to everyone's surprise, I will… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The resolution of the Phoenix Saga was one of the most frustrating experiences that I think any of us ever had, but… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The advantage of being the creator of the character is I know them better than anybody, I like to think. But the… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
Maisie Williams was my first choice to play Wolfsbane when I heard about the 'New Mutants' movie - but in comic books,… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
For me, one of the things that makes the X-Men so crucial is they are relatively small in number but they have… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The best moments in comics come from a primal image that captures the emotion and the conflict. What you add are the… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The thing with mutants is, they've always stood in for the disenfranchised and downtrodden. And no matter how hard they fight, how… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
In some films it wouldn't be surprising to see the United States envisioned as a significant but not primary dominant marketplace, and… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
You have an iconic character in Superman. You want to keep him vital and relevant to the audience as it evolves. So… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
But the key thing was that I knew of no other contrast between Wolverine as we understood him and Logan than you… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The wonder, especially about the 'New Mutants' is, they're all kids. They're all growing. They're changing, literally, from page to page in… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
My resonance to Magneto and Xavier was borne more out of the Holocaust. It was coming face to face with evil, and… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
One of the fun things in the old days about writing with Frank Miller was that every issue of 'Daredevil' was a… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
If you think the X-Men are going to be push-overs, think again! Far better men than you have pledged their destruction ...… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The whole point of 'The New Mutants' was that the oldest of them, Sam, and maybe Dani Moonstar... they're 15. Rahne is… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The weirdest, most eloquent memory I have of the time on the kibbutz is, every Saturday night was movie night, and one of the… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
Life is the ultimate adventure, and Death, the prize that awaits us all. — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
I want to talk about what I'm doing now... I'm not interested in what I've done, I'm interested in what I'm about to do. — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
I'd rather have Ben Affleck feeling something than twenty minutes of punching CGI Zod. You want moments that resonate with your audience. — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The challenge is, in terms of a canon like 'X-Men,' it's more like 'Harry Potter' and Hogwarts, or 'Game of Thrones.' It needs time… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
Look at 'Avatar:' the foreign ticket sales were over twice the domestic returns. The mind boggles at those kinds of numbers, but that's what… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The first challenge that every writer or creator of material faces is getting through the crowd so that the person you're trying to sell… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The key isn't winning -- or losing, it's making the attempt. I may never be what I ought to be, want to be --… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
All good communal storytelling comes from the sagas and arguments within the writers room. — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
“I have a box at school, Storm, filled with photos of friends and famiy. They have one thing in common. They're all dead. How… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The one immutable reality of film is, no matter how wonderful the actors and the performances are, every year the actors age and grow… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
