Jason Aaron Quotes
To me, the more interesting villains are the ones you can, in some sense, relate to or sympathize with at times. Maybe you sympathize with them one moment; the next moment, they do something truly atrocious, and you feel bad you ever sympathized with them in the first place.
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The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
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I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.
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One of the more interesting things I've learnt since becoming a writer is that if you like the book, you'll generally like the person. It doesn't always work in reverse - there are huge numbers of lovely people out there writing not very good books.
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I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as a young white male.
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Don't get involved with anyone who doesn't respect his mother.
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To me, the more interesting villains are the ones you can, in some sense, relate to or sympathize with at times. Maybe you sympathize with them one moment; the next moment, they do something truly atrocious, and you feel bad you ever sympathized with them in the first place.
