Bob Kane Quotes

'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.

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.

Batman had a certain speech pattern that I established because he was always Sherlock Holmes-ian. He was Basil Rathbone. In other words, he was always musing about something.

I love Harley Quinn. I do. I just love it.

Catwoman is Batman's one true love. She's tremendously popular with women because she's both a heroine and a villainess.

Denny O'Neil did some great things with Joker - I thought Greg Rucka used him really well in 'Gotham Central.'

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.

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

I can't tell people how much fun it is to be a super-villain. Being a villain is cool, but being a supervillain is a different level of exciting.

I love Dr. Evil [from Austin Powers] as a walking, talking, narcissistic manifestation of everything screwed up about human existence - his desire to take over the world, and have the world reflect his own power lust.

I'm not a fan of the Michael Keaton 'Batman,' which came out in 1989.

I loved 'The Dark Knight.'

I love black and yellow. Black and yellow is Batman; black and yellow is Spongebob!

'Batman' is pretty much real world-centric.

I remember when I saw 'The Dark Knight' movie, and I was sitting there watching it, and there actually came one or two places where I had trouble divorcing myself from the reality of the locations because it was filmed in Chicago, and I know that city quite well.

I had Batman stuff all over my house growing up.

Batman is dark and moody and spooky and, in some cases, methodical.

You don't have a Batman without Bruce Wayne. Batman is the edge or scary image for Bruce to use.

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

The Joker is my favorite villain of all time.

I know the Mad Hatter has a long history in the 'Batman' canon. He's quite a historically rich character, and he's come in a lot of shapes and forms and interpretations.

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

I'm doing the next Batman. I have to become obsessed about what is offered to me.

I was obsessed with Batman as a kid. I did the film in part just to be near the Batmobile. But I also think [director] Christopher Nolan made a very fine, intelligent film.

I really didn't like Batgirl. I was like, "No, if I'm not gonna be Batman, I'm not gonna play." Maybe they could write an evil female super villain who takes over Batman, and nobody knows.