Grant Morrison Quotes

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• Gayness is built into Batman. I'm not using gay in the pejorative sense, but Batman is very, very gay. There's just no denying it. Obviously…
• American writers often say they find it difficult to write Superman. They say he's too powerful; you can't give him problems. But Superman is a…
• I thought I could capture the stories of the city on paper. I thought I could write about the horrors of the city. Horror stories…
• Hell changes constantly but there are certain consistent landmarks which always stay in the same relation to one another.
• He felt the hot impact of bullets. He heard the sound of chopping meat. He thought 'is that me?' . . . and then he…
• My art school rejection letter arrived as a cold manila fist that closed around my fragile hopes ... The fear was practically edible. Nothing would…
• I love 'Batman.' I love the Adam West 'Batman.' I love the animated 'Batman.' The character of Batman can encompass any interpretation, which is what…
• I don't like to think of my readership as 'fans,' a word which has always suggested a kind of power relationship I'm uncomfortable with.
• I guess my inspiration is this - I like to pretend that every story that ever happened to 'Batman' was real and is part of…
• I tend to only read comics written by friends or people I've known. And I'm not a great comic reader.
• I was a clubber in the Nineties. I went dancing every week.
• The only time I ever met a character that I wrote was when I met Ian McKellan, when he was playing Magneto in the 'X-Men'…
• The thing that's been exciting about 'Superman' is to see how the character has developed through generations.
• Burnout is grist to the mill. I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning into metaphor whatever's going on…
• I think any writer coming on to 'Batman' should at least attempt to do their own definitive version. What it means to them. Whatever they…
• I was always interested in myths growing up. So, first I got into some Roman myths, then I was interested in Norse, then Celtic, then…
• I'm lucky to have a job doing something I really love to do, and I'm happy to accept the pressures of relentless deadlines or reader…
• It's hard for me to believe that a shy, bespectacled college graduate like Brad Meltzer who's a novelist and a father is a really setting…
• There are dozens of unfinished or aborted projects in my files, but I can only assume they don't get done because they're not robust enough…
• Unlike novel characters, comic book characters last an eternity. When a character is changed beyond recognition, there's no longer the merchandising aspect.

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