Greg Rucka Quotes

I'd much rather play Batman's cousin than Batman. That's more of my speed.

I was a DC fan; The Flash was always my favorite character. He was sort of the most average guy amongst all of these icons, even though he had super speed, you know?

What Christopher Nolan and I have done with 'Superman' is try to bring the same naturalistic approach that we adopted for the 'Batman' trilogy. We always had a naturalistic approach; we want our stories to be rooted in reality, like they could happen in the same world we live in.

It's always most interesting when Batman starts out as that lone Dark Knight and then is forced to have to interact with someone else, whether it's Dick Grayson or Damian Wayne or anybody else, and deal with their pesky personalities.

I'd love to play Wonder Woman.

Batman is like the audience's eyes and ears in 'Justice League Dark.'

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.

'Batman' is pretty much real world-centric.

'Nimona' was originally a vague idea I had when I was in high school, when I was just getting into shapeshifting characters. It was a straightforward superhero story at the time. Nimona was named Nightshade, and she had an eyepatch for some reason. There was nothing really special about it, though.

Wonder Woman is one of my favorite superheroes.

Of all the things I've done, the first 'Strongman' story was one of the easiest things to write. It was almost fully formed from the get-go. It's almost a 'Dark Knight Returns' riff, except you have a battle-worn Mexican wrestler instead of Batman.

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.

I was thinking, too, of Superman and his fortress of solitude.

Being a superhero is a lot of fun.

A big part of the fun of working on Superman has been coming up with new characters and concepts to toss in, helping to design their costumes, things like that. And I spent ages coming up with the name 'Fortress of Solidarity,' so I want to get as much use out of it as I can!

'Flashpoint' is a showcase to demonstrate why the Flash is a major character, just like how we've done with Green Lantern. It's important that the Flash can hold his own.

People like Superman, The Flash - they just feel limited in who they are and what you can do with them because everyone knows who they are and what they do. Someone like Animal Man feels very open to interpretation.

When I first dropped into L.A., I wanted to be a superhero!

In DC Comics, Blue Devil is a superhero who came out of a movie.

I want to be a superhero. Maybe I'll be a bartending superhero who shakes martinis to save the world.

Aquaman is one of the greatest characters at DC Comics and one of my favorites.

The Dark Satirist, like the Dark Knight - that could be a good name for a superhero.

'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.

If I wrote a Jewish superhero, he'd have awesome time-traveling powers. I'd call him Doctorow.

I don't want to be like Spider-man or Batman, the do-gooder kind of thing.