Charles Soule Quotes

I didn't really know of 'Black Lightning' until I got the script and started to investigate - it wasn't a hero that I grew up with. So I didn't know if his powers were natural or if it was the suit, but those things are, for me, very important. I really like the idea that his powers are his - that whether he has the suit or not, he has them.

I think the very simplest way to show Superman's power is to have him punch someone that's powerful.

Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.

You can't be a superhero or super mom.

He was mostly leaping tall buildings in the beginning. There were cases where he would leap off a tall building or swoop down, and at that point he would look like he was flying, I suppose. It was just natural to draw him like that.

The word of a private person involves in misfortune only a single human being, while that of sovereigns can create calamities for entire nations. The question may therefore be summed up thus: Is it better that a nation should perish, or that a sovereign should break his treaty? Who can be stupid enough to hesitate in answering this question?

The agents of S.M.A.S.H. are the most powerful team in the Marvel universe in terms of muscle power.

The mutants I like - Wolverine. The action heroes I like, they have weapons; they are more visceral. So I filled the comic with characters like that, and we got big results.

Never seen Jason fly before," Percy grumbled. "He looks like a blond Superman

'Flying Jatt' is a different and interesting script.

It is impossible to deny that people in power face more temptations than ordinary citizens.

You can't keep losing and say nothing in the dressing room.

Marvel is at its best when we see how an ordinary person has something extraordinary happen to them - whether it's Tony Stark or Bruce Banner or Peter Parker.

Just because you're made England captain, it doesn't mean that you suddenly know everything about captaincy.

I'm really not convinced I want to be a manager at all. Managers are just wide open to abuse.

You become a leader in times of trouble. Leaders emerge when things don't go well. When everyone else starts pointing fingers, a leader takes responsibility.

It's not easy for anybody in a position of responsibility... There are some very unpleasant meetings. I try to think what nice things will come after my meetings are over... having a nice glass of wine.

When they say I'm a bad teammate and that I got a coach fired, that irritates the hell out of me. The biggest thing for me is to always have respect for my teammates. And then the whole Westphal thing - the man got himself fired. He was losing before I got here.

Deathstroke,' in my view, is a family drama. It's like the 'Sopranos' with super villains.

Learning on the job as England captain is hard.

I'm sorry: I'm a businessman. I'm not a politician.

I would love to play a superhero. I sometimes walk around thinking, 'If I were a superhero, what would my superpower be?'

I looked around. As flock leader, everyone was expecting me to make a decision. Jeb's presence here would bring uncertainty, chaos, probably danger. It would perk up my day.

War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.

I know I've done the right thing but I couldn't feel worse about it, and I suppose that is part of what it is to lead.