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" Writing 'Deathstroke' presents a number of challenges to me. As a Christian, as a minister, it's difficult for me to write a comic book that all but glorifies violence. So my take on 'Deathstroke' has been to not so much celebrate violence but to deal with the consequences of violence. "

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" At some point along the way, I stopped being a writer, and I became a black writer. I never used to be a black writer. I used to write 'Spider-Man,' 'Green Lantern,' whatever was lying around. 'Thor,' 'Hulk,' whatever. Now, if the phone rings or when the phone rings, it's almost exclusively some project that has something to do with my ethnicity. "

Christopher Priest

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" With all due respect to the other writers, I don't want to disparage any other writers; I don't want to have to invent a bigger villain than Deathstroke so Deathstroke can seem heroic fighting this bigger villain. I'd rather just have Deathstroke be who is, and he's kind of a bastard. "

" Literally everything that could be done with the 'Justice League' has been done with the 'Justice League.' "

" The way that I process and make writing work is I'm really telling true stories; I'm just putting them in a cape and putting an 'S' on its chest. "

" I was trained in storytelling by Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, and Larry Hama. Doesn't make me a genius, and there really isn't anything fancy about the stage direction in my scripts. "

Christopher Priest

Genius

Storytelling

" If the League were real, today, they'd most likely be sued by every person they ever saved. They'd be subpoenaed by every authority in every jurisdiction imaginable; hearings upon hearings. There'd be waves of accolades followed by tsunamis of boos from social media. "

" Escapism has its place. I used to write 'Conan the Barbarian' for Marvel, which takes place in an environment completely removed from the real world. "

" If I could make Panther tough, mysterious, wily, and often at odds with his 'Avengers' comrades, that was a character I'd find interesting. "

" If you could access 90 percent of your brain, you'd be Charles Xavier. "

" There is no such thing as Christian art or secular art - writing, painting, drawing, whatever it is. "

" Hollywood is, of course, loaded with egos, but it's amazing to see how, despite the egos, those collaborators pull together and focus on telling a story rather than butt heads and sabotage what is extremely hard work and investment just because their ego apparently demands it. "

" I think every writer is in search of the truth. We are trying to psychoanalyze ourselves. "

Christopher Priest

Writer

Trying

" Denys Cowan and Dwayne Turner's visions of Wakanda as an ersatz African Epcot Center opened my eyes to the unexploited possibilities; these men, both of whom are African American, together with writer Peter B. Gillis, created an African Asgard of sorts, and I just went, 'Oh, my.' "

" In 'Black Panther,' I tried to preserve virtually all versions and interpretations of 'Black Panther' - including the Jack Kirby one, which was really tough to do - and make it work within current continuity. "

" I think, personally, nothing comes from violence other than more violence. "

" I never really considered 'Quantum & Woody' a comedic book or a funny book. I never thought of it as a satire. "

" I think everybody wants to feel validated in some way, and when you're looking for leisure activities or if you're looking for escapism or things like that, you want to read about characters you can identify with. "

" In comics, my experience has been mostly artists whose visual storytelling chops are either weak or they're more invested in rushing to a paycheck than in doing work they can be proud of. "

Christopher Priest

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Experience

" When I was writing 'Black Panther,' on one level, I was angry because DC would never let me write 'Batman,' so I was doing Marvel's 'Batman,' and Reverend Achebe became sort of the Joker to Panther's Batman. "

Christopher Priest

Angry

Joker

" All people - white, black, whatever - are tribal in the sense that we relate to that which is familiar to us. "

Christopher Priest

Tribal

People

" I didn't want to write a 'black' book because black characters are a tough sell. "

" I don't think there is really much from my career that I want to go back to. I think that, with most of the characters that I've been lucky enough to work with, I've said all I have to say about the Black Panther, Green Lantern, and on and on. "

" Lots of things that go on in mainstream superhero comics are just stupid. They just show up on the page, and no one makes any mention of it. "

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