Mark Waid Quotes
I think there's a moral imperative when you're writing fictional heroes to give characters who somehow give us something to aspire to as opposed to dragging them down to our level.
Quotes to Explore
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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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I always make a decision, even if it's the wrong one. I hate being confused.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.
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We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
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I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.
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I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.
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Unemployment determination in a modern economy was the main subject area of my research from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s and again from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
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The size of my head though is pretty abnormal.
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I'm not always a positive person. I wake up grumpy, I read the newspaper and I get furious that the world is still at war.
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You have absolute control over just one thing, your thoughts. This divine gift is the sole means by which you may control your destiny. If you fail to control your mind, you will control nothing else.
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The perfect pop song is about creating a memory.
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For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz.
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I think there's a moral imperative when you're writing fictional heroes to give characters who somehow give us something to aspire to as opposed to dragging them down to our level.
