Christopher Priest Quotes

United Kingdom, Novelist
July 14, 1943

Christopher Priest (born 14 July 1943) is a British novelist and science fiction writer. His works include Fugue for a Darkening Island, Inverted World, The Affirmation, The Glamour, The Prestige and The Separation.

Also known as Writer

Some people might shy away from a character like Deathstroke because, you know, all of the blood-letting and the swordplay and violence and all that other stuff.

Christopher Priest
I didn't want to write a 'black' book because black characters are a tough sell.

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- Book
- Black

I was trained in storytelling by Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, and Larry Hama. Doesn't make me a genius, and there really isn't anything fancy about the stage direction in my scripts.

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Lots of things that go on in mainstream superhero comics are just stupid. They just show up on the page, and no one makes any mention of it.

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- Up
- Stupid
- Superhero
All people - white, black, whatever - are tribal in the sense that we relate to that which is familiar to us.

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- People
- Black
'Justice' actually means different things to different people.

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- People
- Different
- Justice