Gail Simone Quotes

'Batman Returns' was a huge movie and one of my favorites growing up. It's incredible.

I love everybody in Gotham. Gotham suits me really well. I'll write anything from 'Nightwing' to 'Batgirl' and any of the villains.

You can have villains like the Penguin, who strut around in a tuxedo with an umbrella, and Poison Ivy and all of the fantastic stuff she does, but unless there's a bit of a human in there, and unless there's a credible threat, then Batman himself doesn't work.

I'm not a fan of the Michael Keaton 'Batman,' which came out in 1989.

I am planning a one-man art show of original Batman oil paintings that I will show in New York City.

I really like 'Batman.' Not the TV show, but the dark 'Batman.'

'The Dark Knight,' for me, has the same problem that every other 'Batman' movie has. It's not about Batman. I think Heath Ledger is just phenomenal and the character of the Joker is beautifully written. He has a particular philosophy that he carries throughout the movie. He has one of the best bad guy schemes.

My favorite Batman stories were very much in conversation with the zeitgeist over the years.

I am a huge fan of 'Batman'. As a kid watching it, there are certain things that I'm not going to latch onto as much as when I've gotten older.

Catwoman is Batman's one true love. She's tremendously popular with women because she's both a heroine and a villainess.

I love Batman.

I liked The Trickster because he was The Flash's Joker. I liked Solomon Grundy, too.

If we made the 'Batman' games more realistic, you'd have to be Bruce Wayne for half the game, counting his money and dating supermodels.

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

I know the Mad Hatter has a long history in the 'Batman' canon. He's quite a historically rich character, and he's come in a lot of shapes and forms and interpretations.

I was obsessed with Batman as a kid. I did the film in part just to be near the Batmobile. But I also think [director] Christopher Nolan made a very fine, intelligent film.

I had no immediate knowledge of the world of Batman at all. I'm quite incubated. I just keep myself to myself and my dog.

I have given a name to my pain, and it is Batman.

I think Batman Returns is right for riffs. I love it but it's the ultimate Tim Burton movie. There is so much that happens that's crazy and there are a ton of things to riff.

I really didn't have any plan for her other than the henchgirl role, who was better at getting laughs out of the other gang members than the Joker was. I gave her the name Harley Quinn because I thought Harley was a fun name for a girl, and a lot of 'Batman' character names have a bit of a pun to them, like E Nygma.

Everybody's 'odyssey' is a little bit different. Batman's is his own and unique to him.

I remember when I saw 'The Dark Knight' movie, and I was sitting there watching it, and there actually came one or two places where I had trouble divorcing myself from the reality of the locations because it was filmed in Chicago, and I know that city quite well.

You don't have a Batman without Bruce Wayne. Batman is the edge or scary image for Bruce to use.

The Joker is my favorite villain of all time.

The only Batman that doesn't need parodying is Adam West, but everybody else is fair game.