Scott Derrickson Quotes

I really don't believe in magic.

I'm a Marvel fan, and I think this particular world that 'Doctor Strange' goes into is really, really, really exciting. I'm really interested as both an actor and a fan to see what's done in this particular world. It's all about creativity. It's not about everything exploding at the end. It's about something very different.

My grandfather bought me my first Marvel comic book when I was six years old, and since then, it has been an ongoing love. It was an 'X-Men' comic book.

I think [Doctor Strange] it is - it does tap into a supernatural type of genre that is not horror.

I wasn't at all sure I could make that sort of leap into that sort of comic book reality.

It's just nerve-wracking in general to write 'Superman,' right? I'm a life-long superhero fan, and he is the character that kicked off the entire genre.

'Animal Man' and 'Swamp Thing' have so many commonalities in tone and mood.

I don't think it's a coincidence that comic books appeal so strongly to children. Not that it negates any of their power for adults, but there is something about comics that makes them a perfect storytelling system for children.

I was a Marvel kid, and I would have to say that Spiderman is my all-time favorite character. As I got older, my tastes developed a little bit more, and I would follow certain writers; like, I really got into Grant Morrison. From the time I was 5, I was into comic books. From the time I learned how to read, it was all about comic books.

I did magic all my life from the time I was 12, and I like to tap into the magic from history.

When it draws near to witching time of night.

I don't like magic.

One of my favorite graphic novels of all time is Grant Morrison's 'Earth-2.'

I don't know that I have a fascination with witches per se - well, maybe I just have a fascination with everything that's weird.

Magic frightens people almost as much as it intrigues them.

The genre of fantasy is about magic and occult characters.

Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.

I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I've ever read.

By the time I finished the first series, 'Marvel Universe vs. Punisher,' I knew that there was a lot more story to tell.

Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics.

I love cartoons, I love comic books and graphic novels. 'Batman: The Animated Series' was a huge influence on me when I was younger.

I didn't know the Green Lantern comics at all. I was a Superman reader.

'California Bones' is the first volume in my trilogy about Daniel Blackland, a wizard trying to survive in a world that eats wizards. It's a book about friends and family, trust and betrayal, the love of power and the power of love.

Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the whims of the unseen, harsh language. And it is not. Supposed. To make. Sense. In fact, I think it's coolest when it doesn't.

I ain't got no magical powers and mystical trips and all that kind of crap. It's kind of silly.