Brian Azzarello Quotes
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If there's nothing interesting about a character, people leave because there's no desire to see what happens.
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I'm usually done working by Happy Hour.
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What's the trick to writing a good bad guy? Well, for me, it's always been the idea that you pit yourself against authority, you know? I think that's what it takes - and then you can write villainous characters.
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'100 Bullets' is such a post-modern noir; there are certain rules you gotta follow.
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It is our mistakes that make us interesting, right?
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I'm a Cubs season ticket holder.
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I didn't really like superheroes. I liked monsters and war comics.
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Everybody's got scars. It's not so unique.
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I think the Joker resonates with people as much as Batman does.
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Everybody's got a father. Even if he's not the nicest guy in the world.
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Believe it or not, but 'White Heat' and 'Little Caesar' keep dancing around in my brainpan while I'm writing 'Moonshine.'
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Characters with questionable morals are sexy.
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Man, I think mistakes - that's what makes us distinct human beings. Those imperfections.
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Superman is pretty much the way he was - you know - what he's always been. A lot of the Marvel characters are products of their time. I think Batman, as a character, has been able to adapt; he's pretty malleable.
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One of the reasons Batman works as a character is that it's not beyond possibility that he could exist - you could become Batman if you had a billion dollars at your disposal. There's nothing paranormal or superhuman or supernatural about that character. And I think his villains work the same way. You could be one of his villains just as easily.
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I like being a cult figure.
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Noir deals with the disenfranchised: people who can't catch a break under normal circumstances. In noir books, you root for these people, but you know they are going to fail. That's what makes them so compellingly human. I can relate to that kind of stuff.
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I like alleys. They are the backdoor to everything.
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DC characters are from a different era than Marvel characters.
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The metro section of the newspaper every day is full of stuff I can use. It's the greatest inspiration for me because it's full of endings. That's where the ends of stories show up.
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Good people struggle against what's imperfect about them. The people that we call 'bad' people embrace that kind of stuff, embrace the darker side.
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Like, why is Batman so relevant? It's because he gets reinvented constantly. There are a lot of stories you can tell with that character.
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I'm not the monthly comic guy, and I never really have been.
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From a storytelling perspective, perfection is death.