Tom King Quotes

People love Batman, and I would be stupid, I would be a fool if I didn't love Batman.

I can like Michael Keaton's Batman, and I can like Christian Bale's Batman.

I love 'Batman.' I love the Adam West 'Batman.' I love the animated 'Batman.' The character of Batman can encompass any interpretation, which is what makes that character so brilliant and why it's survived so many different media.

I guess my inspiration is this - I like to pretend that every story that ever happened to 'Batman' was real and is part of this one guy's life.

When I go to Batman movies, I always think, 'Man, I would like to be a bad guy in a Batman movie.' especially as they got darker when they go to the Christian Bale era.

I really believed that Batman had the potential to be one of the coolest guys in cinema.

I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy.

It took them a while to catch on that Batman would be the greatest.

Any incarnation of 'Batman' I am delighted to do.

The only way to write Batman, if you get the chance - and I hope everyone out there gets the chance - is to imagine you made him up.

I think our Batman had to be fun, light-hearted, funny, tongue-in-cheek... and I think that made kind of an homage to those earlier comic books, where Batman always had a quip or something.

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

As to Batman, turns out I really prefer Robin over the Dark Knight.

'Batman' is pretty much real world-centric.

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

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

'Ghost Rider' definitely has an appeal that's far beyond comics.

I have immense respect for Christopher Nolan for taking a character called 'Batman' - taking a comic book - and making people believe in him in a real world context.

Deadpool was intended, as Cable was, to be tied into Wolverine's history.

I love Batman.

When I started writing 'Batman,' I lobbied heavily to get rid of Robin - or at least not use him in the stories I wrote. Fighting crime with a teenager dressed in primary colors while you're sporting a gray-and-black outfit always struck me as child endangerment, if not abuse.

I love Batman to death.

Calling Batman 'the Dark Knight' is like calling Papa Smurf 'the Blue Patriarch':you're not fooling anyone.

I am always really respectful of anything that has the kind of longevity and fan base that something like DC Comics has and 'The Flash' series in particular has.

I will not leave this Earth until I play Harley Quinn.