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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. "

Brian Azzarello

Work

You

" When something is well-crafted, you know it, and the enjoyment comes from experiencing it. "

" I think the Joker resonates with people as much as Batman does. "

" I have a reputation for writing all kinds of hard-core, violent things. "

" If you read any sort of, like, military general autobiographies or biographies, most of them never wanted to fight, you know? It's necessary. War is necessary. "

" I'm usually done working by Happy Hour. "

" It's depicted in comics as, like, this gung-ho, 'Let's die in battle, in glory' idea, because that's just the genre we're in. But that's not what war really is. "

Brian Azzarello

Die

War

" 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. "

" These are the kinds of stories I'm really interested in telling: bad stories about bad people, I'm comfortable with. "

" Characters work really well when they're reflective of the times that they're operating in. "

" 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. "

Brian Azzarello

Every Day

Newspaper

" Characters with questionable morals are sexy. "

" 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. "

" My mother would make a good Wonder Woman. "

" To ground a character in reality, you have to use shades of gray. "

" I'm happy with the way '100 Bullets' ends terribly. "

" I think portraying the Joker's point of view would do a disservice to that character. As soon as you get inside his head he would lose so much power. "

" I like alleys. They are the backdoor to everything. "

Brian Azzarello

Everything

" This thing is such a ripple, the way lives are affected by gentrification. On one hand, yes, you're cleaning up this area, you're making it more livable for people. But you're not saying anything about the people that live there. "

" I'm interested in damaged people because we've all been roughed up in one way or another. "

" I really like language - and slang in particular, and just the shorthand we use when we communicate with people. "

" 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. "

Brian Azzarello

Why

Character

" Hollywood, they love everything, but they move like molasses. They'll option anything - the worst idea in the world will get optioned just because they want to keep the other person from getting that idea. "

" 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. "