Chris Claremont Quotes

What makes Batman and what makes other superheroes work is the myth that when life is at its lowest, and when you need a hero, a hero swings down and helps you.

I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering.

This character matters so much to so many people. I want to get that right. I want to do it justice. I want people to believe in the character and have faith in the character and kids to grow up wanting to be Superman. Or, God forbid, there's people who are going through hardship and wishing that this character would turn up and save them.

My theme song is 'One Tin Soldier' by Coven.

A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism.

And the spirit of Superman is great to have around.

That's what's great about the Batman universe. When you explore Gotham, when you explore the villains, all of them point to this one character. This iconic American symbol for how we deal with pain and loss and how we move forward after it.

I try to find scripts of stories that kinda celebrate the human condition... let's talk about the tough world out there and the human spirit overcoming adversity.

Inside 'Star Wars' are values that mean something to people. It's aspirational. It's full of hope.

In every story I've written with Batman, there's an element of justice - you never want to have the story end on a defeatist or a cynical note.

If you look at the history of Wonder Woman, you look at the iconography, the images that have kept her alive - they're not dark. The thing I think is so important to always keep in mind about her is how positive and bright and shiny she is - very much in the same way that Superman has been.

Superheroes are the best of us. Never mind all those powers or the crazy costumes. The heart of a superhero is meant to inspire.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.

I think there's always been hope in my songs, no matter how they've first appeared. I think there's always been a shred of hope in everything I've written 'cause I like that balance.

It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

'Rocky' represents the optimistic side of life, and 'Rambo' represents purgatory.

People wrote the most beautiful things during the ugliest times.

I speak to people who have been through so much more.

Yet would we die as some have done, beating a way for the rising sun.

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter.

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.

Heroes always have their scars. Some you can see, some you read about later on.

I think of Superman as the ultimate vanilla hero. He's this perfect refugee, this perfect immigrant from another planet who embodies the American dream.

I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.