Brian Azzarello

“Passive...Aggressive...Pussy.”

— Brian Azzarello

Nobody's angry all the time, unless you're a psycho.

— Brian Azzarello

It's depicted in comics as, like, this gung-ho, 'Let's die in battle, in glory' idea, because that's just the genre we're in.…

— Brian Azzarello

“I once saw a dead man. Actually, i've seen many dead men. Too many for most. But this one, i've carried with…

— Brian Azzarello

Good people struggle against what's imperfect about them. The people that we call 'bad' people embrace that kind of stuff, embrace the…

— Brian Azzarello

Characters with questionable morals are sexy.

— Brian Azzarello

To ground a character in reality, you have to use shades of gray.

— Brian Azzarello

I think the Joker resonates with people as much as Batman does.

— Brian Azzarello

I'm happy with the way '100 Bullets' ends terribly.

— Brian Azzarello

We finished 'Spaceman,' and before we were even done with that, we had already been talking about what we were going to…

— Brian Azzarello

I like everything that is wrong about Chicago.

— Brian Azzarello

I didn't really like superheroes. I liked monsters and war comics.

— Brian Azzarello

Man, I think mistakes - that's what makes us distinct human beings. Those imperfections.

— Brian Azzarello

I like alleys. They are the backdoor to everything.

— Brian Azzarello

Like, why is Batman so relevant? It's because he gets reinvented constantly. There are a lot of stories you can tell with…

— Brian Azzarello

Characters work really well when they're reflective of the times that they're operating in.

— Brian Azzarello

Everybody's got a father. Even if he's not the nicest guy in the world.

— Brian Azzarello

People have told me that the dialogue in '100 Bullets' is very realistic. I don't agree.

— Brian Azzarello

Why do something that's already been done?

— Brian Azzarello

“You know what happens when you ask too many questions, Dizzy? Someone will ultimately tell you to shut the fuck up. (Mr.…

— Brian Azzarello

If you read any sort of, like, military general autobiographies or biographies, most of them never wanted to fight, you know? It's…

— Brian Azzarello

Writing 'The Spirit' is really fun.

— Brian Azzarello

One of the problems in modern comics is that they keep referencing themselves endlessly.

— Brian Azzarello

I'm interested in damaged people because we've all been roughed up in one way or another.

— Brian Azzarello

Everybody's got scars. It's not so unique.

— Brian Azzarello