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> [“...I give you real world-changers like Homer, Jack Kirby, and the aforementioned Shakespeare as the archangels of pure story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/i-give-you-real-world-changers-like-homer-jack-kirby-and-the/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

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## More by Bill Willingham

> [“ Confession time: I doubt I would ever have picked up one of Marjorie’s books, had I not met her in person. The reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/confession-time-i-doubt-i-would-ever-have-picked-up-one-of-marjorie-s/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“One of the advantages of -- of this -- is that dying men are allowed complete and brutal candor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/one-of-the-advantages-of-of-this-is-that-dying-men-are-allowed/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Murderers don't get forgiven just because we promise to be good from now on. We have to earn our way back. One hundred is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/murderers-don-t-get-forgiven-just-because-we-promise-to-be-good-from/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Nothing like a good war to forget a night of exquisite soul-killing humiliation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/nothing-like-a-good-war-to-forget-a-night-of-exquisite-soul-killing/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“We have to harden our hearts and think of the greater good." "The plan is, our exposure to her is supposed to purify us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/we-have-to-harden-our-hearts-and-think-of-the-greater-good-the-plan/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Perhaps only that revenge is ultimately unsatisfying. It cant make up for the evil done to you, but it can destroy the remaining good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/perhaps-only-that-revenge-is-ultimately-unsatisfying-it-cant-make-up/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/freedom-is-sloppy-but-since-tyranny-s-the-only-guaranteed-byproduct/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“I love you, Snow, and have since the hour we first met. Hell, I wanted you even before then. Since before we existed. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/i-love-you-snow-and-have-since-the-hour-we-first-met-hell-i-wanted/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Stories create stories, create stories, create stories, or nothing gets done.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/stories-create-stories-create-stories-create-stories-or-nothing-gets/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/i-m-about-to-start-reading-it-again-because-what-good-is-a-story-you/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Wooden 1: "How many kinds of guns have you meatheads created?" Gun Shop Clerk: "Thousands. Hundreds of thousands?" Wooden 2: "That's extravagance beyond credulity."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/wooden-1-how-many-kinds-of-guns-have-you-meatheads-created-gun-shop/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Sometimes impossible things are entirely possible, if there's magic enough in the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/sometimes-impossible-things-are-entirely-possible-if-there-s-magic/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Isn't there a statute of limitation on playing the poor abused victim?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/isn-t-there-a-statute-of-limitation-on-playing-the-poor-abused-victim/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [It is my fondest desire to bust a host of caps into multitudes of fleshy personages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/it-is-my-fondest-desire-to-bust-a-host-of-caps-into-multitudes-of/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“The turtle stands on a turtle, which stands on a turtle. That's the universe in whole, boy. It's turtles all the way down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/the-turtle-stands-on-a-turtle-which-stands-on-a-turtle-that-s-the/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

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