Avengers Quote by Kurt Busiek

The most fascinating powers don't mean a thing if the guy's poorly motivated or dull, and the most generic powers won't hurt a well-motivated…

— Kurt Busiek

The reason I quit being a sales manager over twenty years now is because I hate elevator pitches. I want to write stories and…

— Kurt Busiek

If I won the lottery tomorrow - which would be a real trick, since I haven't entered - and was independently wealthy for the…

— Kurt Busiek

"Superhero" is a term that's been borrowed in order to say "big and larger than life and loud and active and dumb." And I…

— Kurt Busiek

You've got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is,…

— Kurt Busiek

That's the way it happens - some characters you set out to use, some are happy accidents. As long as it works, it doesn't…

— Kurt Busiek

The metaphor is the story, not the character.

— Kurt Busiek

I love creator-owned comics. Most of my favorite books these days are creator-owned, from stuff DC publishes, like 'Fables,' to books like 'Saga,' 'Fatale,'…

— Kurt Busiek

It's fun to take a piece of formula and go someplace else with it and see what happens.

— Kurt Busiek

I'm not building each one character around one metaphor, so much as trying to build a heroic archetype that can be used to express…

— Kurt Busiek

Dracula, if he could see modern corporations, wouldnt like them much. He took care of his people, at least as he saw it. They…

— Kurt Busiek

If there's ever a character who can only serve one metaphor, I'll probably tell one story with that character and be done with it.

— Kurt Busiek