Brian Michael Bendis Quotes

The trick is not caring what EVERYBODY thinks of you and just caring about what the RIGHT people think of you.

Artists are not your art monkeys. They are your collaborators. They should be given all due consideration to follow their journey.

I've been reading Ed Brubaker comics since the first appearance of Ed Brubaker comics and every single time he announces a new title I mutter to myself: ugh! I wish I would've thought of that!

I have a very strong color theory, for instance, where in 'Powers,' green means powerless, and red means power.The story was all there, but I was desperate to make sure that extra level was the case.

You're as good as the people you're with.

One of the things I like to do is people's hearts are on their sleeve, whether it's a good or a bad heart.

It's too theatrical not to express yourself constantly.

I was listening to the inclusiveness of Spider-Man, and why he's so appealing to so many people, but I didn't connect it all at first.

Charlie Huston, who showran the first season [of Powers], is a novelist, and likes to internalize fiction as a novelist does.

In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more chance-taking going on.

You can't just have a fight scene. In my opinion, it has to be a character moment or story moment.

I never look at things again once they're done.

If you like Powers, you'll love The Victories!

And I had worked at the comic-book store almost by accident, because I was deciding to make a living as an artist, be it as an art tutor or illustrator, and that's how I wanted to make my living.

I was into comics because these were my real male role models, even though at the time, I didn't know it.

I'll never get sick of raising my children, but other people might get sick of them.

The books are the books, and a lot of the stuff is some version of your id or your ego.

I looked at Tank Girl, which is the coolest comic, ever. The movie didn't make the comic book any less cool. The comic is still the comic.

If you're miserable and someone flies by looking like they have everything in the whole world and it's never going to be you, that's tough to deal with.

I don't take it for granted, because I saw the fruits of Stan's [Lee] 50-year labor, and I didn't have to wait 50 years myself.

One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet for us.

And each ripple builds and builds into the tidal wave of anarchy to which we are now doomed.