Brian Azzarello Quotes

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.

Nobody loves a good 'Batman' story more than I do.

'Batman' is pretty much real world-centric.

We are starting off with our own different characters and our own laws and everything, looking at Bruce Wayne and how he came to be the person that he was and how he comes to be this man that jumps around in the Bat suit.

We really lived, ate, drank and slept Batman - ideas, characters and stories.

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.

I really liked the design of Batman. I liked the concept. There's a lot more you can do with Batman than most other superheroes.

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.

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

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

It seems like they make every comic book into a film. 'Watchmen' is my favorite of all time.

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 think I would play Batman. I love Batman.

In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing older and he can't quite do it as much anymore.

I think any writer coming on to 'Batman' should at least attempt to do their own definitive version. What it means to them. Whatever they think that symbol or character can say.

The thing about 'Batman Begins' is that he's a character that people thought they knew a lot about, and yet you're able to identify the spirit in his life where even in the comic books it's not explored that much.

I love other movies that have been made since, but I think more than any comic book movie, 'Superman' just totally seemed to capture superheroes in ways that others have not.

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

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

You do Batman right, and he's going to be popular. He's a great character. I was once asked by somebody if writing 'Batman' was like holding a Ming vase or something. And I said, 'No, it's like holding a big-ass diamond that you can't break. You can throw him against the ceiling, against the floor, anywhere, and you just can't break 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.

I think 'Batman Begins' is certainly my favorite Batman movie I've seen.

Comic book heroes are an important part of our culture, so I think we're actually utilizing comic book heroes in a much more in-depth way than before. They have such potential, and I think we're maximizing the potential.

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

'Batman' was a colorful and wild ride.