Devices Quote by J. G. Ballard

There are so many comics about violence. I'm not entertained or amused by violence, and I'd rather not have it in my life. Sex,…

— Dave McKean

The Joker is the kind of guy who will come up with a plan to kidnap a scientist and have them create a super-pheromone…

— Shamus Young

Regardless of how often the appetite for entertainment violence becomes addictive, increased exposure does risk further desensitizing viewers. And the element of pleasure that…

— Sissela Bok

People are sort of numb to watching violence, but sexual activity is still as strong as it ever was in terms of generating response.

— Steven Soderbergh

I think there's a natural system in your own head about how much violence the scene warrants. It's not an intellectual process, it's an…

— Guy Ritchie

The game replaces sexual enjoyment by pleasure in movement.

— Sigmund Freud

When you have violence, there's victims, which entertainment tends not to explore that as much.

— Kari Skogland

Foolish jokers are thick on the ground, and it rains insects of that sort everywhere. A good joker is a rarity; even a man…

— Jean de la Bruyere

“The depressing majority of comics seem to be about violence of one sort or another, [...] And I just don’t enjoy violence. I can…

— Dave McKean

It's almost like these games are the modern day comic books, especially when you play Alone in the Dark. There's a real story that…

— Christian Slater

When Joker hits his three, it opens up the game for everybody.

— Jamal Murray

I think portraying the Joker's point of view would do a disservice to that character. As soon as you get inside his head he…

— Brian Azzarello