Kurt Busiek

When I realized that people actually wrote comics, that it was a job people could do, I thought, 'Gee, these things are…

— Kurt Busiek

I wanted to be a writer, but the idea of writing novels or movies seemed really intimidating. I never got more than…

— Kurt Busiek

I tend to think that the best face of humanity is that we learn. We explore, we study, we think.

— Kurt Busiek

I could name you a dozen superheroes whose powers I'd like to have. But if I could have any power in the…

— Kurt Busiek

“And I saw in them a hope...A hope that it was possible to have secrets, to mask one's true nature...and yet still…

— Kurt Busiek

The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors.

— Kurt Busiek

I could name you a dozen superheroes whose powers I'd like to have. But if I could have any power in the…

— Kurt Busiek

“He was saving innocents and serving truth. And in the final judgement, what is more important? The burdens we bear -- or…

— Kurt Busiek

I'm a writer. I just love telling stories.

— Kurt Busiek

The metaphors exist for the stories.

— Kurt Busiek

I like superheroes. I like the drama of it, the stirring, larger-than-life aspect.

— Kurt Busiek

Maybe I had a 'secret identity,' but then when you think about it, don't we all? A part of ourselves very few…

— Kurt Busiek

Superhero creators who engage in deconstruction fall into two categories: There are the guys who do it because it's easy, because it…

— Kurt Busiek

Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the…

— Kurt Busiek

“She said things that'd have sounded like cliches--but when they're said by the woman you love in the middle of the night,…

— Kurt Busiek

The Hulk is rage personified, just, "I don't like something. Break it." And that's a great concept for a seven- or eight-year-old.

— Kurt Busiek

What really matters is not how well a character fits a definition, but how strongly he or she resonates. Characters with strong,…

— Kurt Busiek

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over…

— Kurt Busiek

I created lots of characters in high school and college, and the first character I created in pro comics was Liana, Green…

— Kurt Busiek

At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a mission,…

— Kurt Busiek

It strikes me that the only reason to take apart a pocket watch, or a car engine, aside from the simple delight…

— Kurt Busiek

I think the Hulk has always appealed very strongly to much younger readers than Spider-Man, because Spider-Man is an adolescent character, and…

— Kurt Busiek