--- title: "6 Superhero Quotes By Grant Morrison" description: "6 Superhero quotes by Grant Morrison. Plus more from Grant Morrison and more Superhero sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/grant-morrison-2360_bigs_i-think-that-superhero-comics-in-particu_340405.jpg" --- > [I think that superhero comics in particular are really useful for talking about big emotions and feelings, and personifying and concretizing symbols.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/i-think-that-superhero-comics-in-particular-are-really-useful-for/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/grant-morrison-2360_bigs_i-think-that-superhero-comics-in-particu_340405.jpg) > [In the world of the superheroes, everything had value, potential, mystery. Any person, thing, or object could be drafted into service in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/in-the-world-of-the-superheroes-everything-had-value-potential/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/grant-morrison-2360_angel_in-the-world-of-the-superheroes-everythi_630841.jpg) > [X-Men is not a story about superheroes, but a story about the ongoing revolutionary struggle between good/new and bad/old. The X-Men are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/x-men-is-not-a-story-about-superheroes-but-a-story-about-the-ongoing/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/grant-morrison-2360_adults_x-men-is-not-a-story-about-superheroes-b_1186389.jpg) > [We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/we-love-our-superheroes-because-they-refuse-to-give-up-on-us-we-can/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/grant-morrison-2360_bans_we-love-our-superheroes-because-they-ref_1593454.jpg) > [We've always known we'd eventually be called upon to open our shirts and save the day, and the superhero was a crude,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/we-ve-always-known-we-d-eventually-be-called-upon-to-open-our-shirts/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/grant-morrison-2360_crude_we-ve-always-known-we-d-eventually-be-ca_1736974.jpg) > [Superhero science has taught me this: Entire universes fit comfortably inside our skulls. Not just one or two but endless universes can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/superhero-science-has-taught-me-this-entire-universes-fit-comfortably/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/grant-morrison-2360_aliens_superhero-science-has-taught-me-this-ent_2013698.jpg) ## Other authors on Superhero - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stan-lee-86596.jpg) Stan Lee 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superhero/stan-lee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kurt-busiek-58017.jpg) Kurt Busiek 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superhero/kurt-busiek/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-millar-64269.jpg) Mark Millar 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superhero/mark-millar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-zack-snyder-97185.jpg) Zack Snyder 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superhero/zack-snyder/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tom-holland-91445.jpg) Tom Holland 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superhero/tom-holland/) - [Nafessa Williams 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superhero/nafessa-williams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tom-hiddleston-91443.jpg) Tom Hiddleston 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superhero/tom-hiddleston/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andy-van-slyke-13223.jpg) Remo D'Souza 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superhero/remo-d-souza/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-beatrice-m-hinkle-16703.jpg) Louis Leterrier 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superhero/louis-leterrier/) - [Lola Dodge 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superhero/lola-dodge/) ## More by Grant Morrison > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/your-head-s-like-mine-like-all-our-heads-big-enough-to-contain-every/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [“Look at it, Dane. Look at the city and the world in its proud array, like a cask of jewels laid open for you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/look-at-it-dane-look-at-the-city-and-the-world-in-its-proud-array/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/sometimes-i-pretend-not-to-look-at-my-own-characters-because-that-s/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [Why am I in Hell? It hurts. It hurts all the time. Why am I in Hell? I just want to go home and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/why-am-i-in-hell-it-hurts-it-hurts-all-the-time-why-am-i-in-hell-i/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/the-more-i-think-about-it-the-more-i-realize-that-schools-are-just/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [I plan years in advance, but I like to leave enough space in the narrative scheme to change things, because I always get my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/i-plan-years-in-advance-but-i-like-to-leave-enough-space-in-the/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [Talking to oneself, I have often thought, is the best way to be sure of intelligent and witty conversation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/talking-to-oneself-i-have-often-thought-is-the-best-way-to-be-sure-of/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [I'm a fan myself, so I try to write the kind of comics I want to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/i-m-a-fan-myself-so-i-try-to-write-the-kind-of-comics-i-want-to-read/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [Everyone does magic all the time in different ways. "Life" plus "significance" = magic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/everyone-does-magic-all-the-time-in-different-ways-life-plus/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/if-our-shallow-self-critical-culture-sometimes-seems-to-lack-a-sense/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [Only nothing is impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/only-nothing-is-impossible/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [Remember it's all just a mirror we made to see ourselves in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/remember-it-s-all-just-a-mirror-we-made-to-see-ourselves-in/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/hell-is-only-the-cringe-eternal-and-the-place-of-our-self-s-undoing/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [“Idealists and reformers all become executioners in their turn. The road to utopia ends with the steps of the scaffold, the endless moment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/idealists-and-reformers-all-become-executioners-in-their-turn-the/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [I think that superhero comics in particular are really useful for talking about big emotions and feelings, and personifying and concretizing symbols.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/i-think-that-superhero-comics-in-particular-are-really-useful-for/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superhero/grant-morrison/#itemlist", "name": "6 Superhero Quotes By Grant Morrison", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think that superhero comics in particular are really useful for talking about big emotions and feelings, and personifying and concretizing symbols.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Grant Morrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/i-think-that-superhero-comics-in-particular-are-really-useful-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/grant-morrison-2360_bigs_i-think-that-superhero-comics-in-particu_340405.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/grant-morrison-2360_bigs_i-think-that-superhero-comics-in-particu_340405.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/grant-morrison-2360_bigs_i-think-that-superhero-comics-in-particu_340405.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think that superhero comics in particular are really useful for talking about big emotions and feelings…” — Grant Morrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the world of the superheroes, everything had value, potential, mystery. 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