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- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language.
- Love Is
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- Nov 07, 2020
All love is unrequited. All of it.
- Forever
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- Nov 07, 2020
No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
- Nov 07, 2020
My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.
- Change The World
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
A changeling is one child substituted for another. I couldn't find anything more apt. We had to kind of fight that supernatural element in the publicity, and I offered to try and find another title, but Clint liked it, and it stayed.
- Amazing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been amazing to watch, because for 'Thor', which was always a mid-selling book, to be in the top ten for every single issue since the reboot is just a great compliment.
- Destiny
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails, we got pulled into some big event book or crossover and it cost momentum and messed badly with the pacing and structure of the book.
- Create
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that if memory is destroyed in one part of the brain, it can be sometimes re-created on a different part of the brain. And once we can unravel that amino chain of chemicals that is responsible for memory, I see no reason why we can't unlock it and, essentially, wipe out what's there.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The methodologies are diametrically opposed, but their motivation is the same; the wellspring is the same in both cases.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Again, one of the problems I have with television, as I mentioned before, is it's trivial in many ways, and I think that a lot of folks out there are looking for new metaphors and new ways of thinking about things.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
The point of mythology or myth is to point to the horizon and to point back to ourselves: This is who we are; this is where we came from; and this is where we're going. And a lot of Western society over the last hundred years - the last 50 years really - has lost that. We have become rather aimless and wandering.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like writing. It's partly control freak, and partly I really like what I do for a living. I have the luckiest job in the world. I can get up every day and do what I love for a living.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wake up every morning knowing how ridiculously lucky I am to be able to do what I love for a living, and that sense of wonder never, ever wears off.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always limitations on what you can and can't do. But I enjoy that. Just like when you write a sonnet or haiku, there are rules you have to abide by. And to me, playing within the rules is the fun part. It keeps the brain fresh.
- Cartoons
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons.
- Decorated
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- Nov 07, 2020
My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
You should do what you enjoy doing, what brings you passion. As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sometimes find reality far more fantastical and unlikely than what I could just make up.
- Choices
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are those who seem to feel they have no choice about being jerks in the present because they had a crappy childhood. Well, that's the definition of childhood; nobody gets out alive. You either get stronger from what you experience, or you turn it into a crutch, an excuse, a dodge.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result of an editorial situation - then I need to stop doing it. I would rather not do something than do it badly or ineffectively. It's the only way I can live with myself and do right by the fans in the long haul.
- Harshly
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harshly critical of my own work in order to learn and tell better stories.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up as a kid, we moved all over the country on a fairly frequent basis, from New Jersey to Texas, California, Illinois... we moved 21 times in my first 17 years.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how you learn, from people who don't have to be polite to you.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
To have someone like Clint Eastwood come along and shoot your first draft as written is just any screenwriter's dream. And Clint is very straightforward. If it's good enough to get his attention, it's good enough to produce.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want a reaction. Yeah, it's nicer when the reaction is to throw flowers than it is to throw brickbats, but you have to accept both equally.
- Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was.
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes down to it, the reason that science fiction endures is that it is, at its core, an optimistic genre. What it says at the end of the day is that there is a tomorrow, we do go on, we don't extinguish ourselves and leave the planet to the cockroaches.
- Headlong
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are in a tech-heavy society, plunging headlong into an unknown future. Science fiction is what allows you to stand back and analyze the impact of that and put it in context of how it affects people.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
- DNA
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- Nov 07, 2020
Superhero stories are kind of in my DNA from childhood on, so I think I'm genetically drawn to playing in the genre when the opportunity presents itself.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy... the list goes on.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
When writers don't know what to do with a character, they build up the supporting cast and universe to kind of hide that fact. After a while, you can no longer see the character for the underbrush. When that happens, you need to bring out the weed-whacker to clear some of that away so you can focus on the main character.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coming from TV and film, rule number one is that you always service the main character first and foremost. If that's not working, you've got nothing.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've actually done more police and procedural shows than I've ever done science fiction shows. I was on 'Murder She Wrote,' I was on 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' I was on 'Jake and the Fat Man.'
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, there's nothing sexier than a woman who can argue me into the ground and outsmart me... a woman who knows her own mind and isn't afraid to speak it.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can easily come up with ten really iconic stories/trade paperbacks for Superman, Batman, others... name me ten equally big, iconic Wonder Woman stories. Much harder. That ain't the character's fault, that isn't sexism, that's just not servicing the character.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life isn't about the final moments, it's about the journey, it's about process. What makes 'Rocky' work as a movie is seeing him working his way up from the streets to the arena and the fight of his life. You could just show that fight, and it would be great, but seeing that journey illuminates that fight and adds profound meaning to it.
- Entertainment Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone in the entertainment business gets crappy contracts when we start out, and into the middle of our careers. It's the nature of the business.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here's the miracle: I grew up thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great to write 'Superman' someday? Wouldn't it be great to create my own show, or work on 'Lensman,' or 'Forbidden Planet?' Those were very literally the goals I set for myself, the dreams that I thought I didn't have a chance in hell of ever actually achieving. But it's happened.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Follow your passion. The rest will attend to itself. If I can do it, anybody can do it. It's possible. And it's your turn. So go for it. It's never too late to become what you always wanted to be in the first place.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
- Adversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.
- American Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
On a certain level, I don't think there is an answer to what the American way is, because it is constantly being re-defined. It's also been exploited and capitalized upon and politicized by one side or the other to the point that a certain degree of cynicism has attached itself to that term.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union.
- Not Interested
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested.
- Depending
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Patterson, New Jersey, and raised pretty much all around the country. My family tended to move from place to place following economic prospects and jobs and looking for new opportunities, so we changed schools, colleges, grade schools, high schools every 6 months to a year - depending on the breaks.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only thing that I discovered very early on is that, even though we might change schools and cities and towns and states, the books in the library were the same. They had the same covers. They had the same characters. I could go and visit those people in the library as if I knew them.
- Futuristic
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the futuristic space stuff seemed to me to be a very cool form of science-fiction, so that was my first real baptism in the genre.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a huge zombie fan. I have probably seen the George Romero movies 100 times each, without exaggeration.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't need to write comics for a living. I have movies and TV for that. I write comics for one reason and one reason only: I love comics. I love the form, the structure, the storytelling process, I love everything about it.
- Reflection
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're writing a story in bits and pieces, month in and month out, there really isn't time or space for reflection, no room to learn what those scripts had to teach you.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020