Brian Azzarello

I like everything that is wrong about Chicago.

— Brian Azzarello

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

— Brian Azzarello

Why do something that's already been done?

— Brian Azzarello

I'm a Cubs season ticket holder.

— Brian Azzarello

Wonder Woman is not horrible. Her villains should be.

— Brian Azzarello

It is our mistakes that make us interesting, right?

— Brian Azzarello

I'm kind of a graphic novel ambassador.

— Brian Azzarello

I'm usually done working by Happy Hour.

— Brian Azzarello

DC characters are from a different era than Marvel characters.

— Brian Azzarello

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

— Brian Azzarello

When something is well-crafted, you know it, and the enjoyment comes from experiencing it.

— Brian Azzarello

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

— Brian Azzarello

I'm not the monthly comic guy, and I never really have been.

— Brian Azzarello

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

— Brian Azzarello

“Loop, you shot him in the head... Fuck yeah he dead.”

— Brian Azzarello

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

— Brian Azzarello

For me, a story always goes out of a mistake. Somebody makes a mistake, and that becomes the story. Probably that explains…

— 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

'100 Bullets' is a novel on its own. 'Brother Lono,' other than the main character, has nothing to do with '100 Bullets.'

— Brian Azzarello

“Imagination is just what others use to get things they can't understand into their heads. Rarely – if ever – do they…

— Brian Azzarello

Superman is pretty much the way he was - you know - what he's always been. A lot of the Marvel characters…

— Brian Azzarello

I think a lot of superheroes seem to have the same value system; they just have a different costume. They're all doing…

— Brian Azzarello

Civil war, now, 100 years in the future - the things that motivate human beings, they don't change emotionally.

— 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

Noir deals with the disenfranchised: people who can't catch a break under normal circumstances. In noir books, you root for these people,…

— Brian Azzarello

One of the reasons Batman works as a character is that it's not beyond possibility that he could exist - you could…

— Brian Azzarello

Characters work really well when they're reflective of the times that they're operating in. To keep these characters static - like Superman…

— Brian Azzarello

This thing is such a ripple, the way lives are affected by gentrification. On one hand, yes, you're cleaning up this area,…

— Brian Azzarello

Basically, I think that Gotham is all of our urban nightmares and fears made into reality. Instead of hearing footsteps from behind…

— 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

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

— Brian Azzarello

Characters with questionable morals are sexy.

— Brian Azzarello

I like alleys. They are the backdoor to everything.

— Brian Azzarello

Writing 'The Spirit' is really fun.

— Brian Azzarello

I have never met a feminist who didn't have a father.

— Brian Azzarello

Painted talking heads is just boring.

— Brian Azzarello

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

— Brian Azzarello

My mother would make a good Wonder Woman.

— Brian Azzarello

I like being a cult figure.

— Brian Azzarello

Paris is wild; it's decadent... it's so many things.

— Brian Azzarello