Brian Azzarello

This thing is such a ripple, the way lives are affected by gentrification. On one hand, yes, you're cleaning up this area, you're making it more livable for people. But you're not saying anything about the people that live there. ”

Good people struggle against what's imperfect about them. The people that we call 'bad' people embrace that kind of stuff, embrace the darker side. ”

Noir deals with the disenfranchised: people who can't catch a break under normal circumstances. In noir books, you root for these people, but you know they are going to fail. That's what makes them so compellingly human. I can relate to that kind of stuff. ”

Man, I think mistakes - that's what makes us distinct human beings. Those imperfections. ”

Nobody's angry all the time, unless you're a psycho. ”

Superman is pretty much the way he was - you know - what he's always been. A lot of the Marvel characters are products of their time. I think Batman, as a character, has been able to adapt; he's pretty malleable. ”

DC characters are from a different era than Marvel characters. ”

I think a lot of superheroes seem to have the same value system; they just have a different costume. They're all doing exactly the same thing. ”

From a storytelling perspective, perfection is death. ”

The metro section of the newspaper every day is full of stuff I can use. It's the greatest inspiration for me because it's full of endings. That's where the ends of stories show up. ”