Chris Claremont Professions : Comic Book Writer Born : November 25, 1950 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Chris Claremont I'm the best there is at what I do but what I do best isn't very nice Chris Claremont very-nice nice What use legs if not to take you down the road? What use eyes if not to see what lay beyond the horizon? What use hands if not to open doors? Chris Claremont eye doors hands I can still see her face -- The sorrow in her eyes, her voice, as she condemns me. I didn't know it was possible to feel such shame. To feel so sick at heart. I'm lost inside, my soul -- all that I thought I was, and am, and ever will be -- shattered, cast to the winds. Compared to this, death is a mercy. Chris Claremont eye heart wind The key isn't winning -- or losing, it's making the attempt. I may never be what I ought to be, want to be -- but how will I know unless I try? Sure, it's scary, but what's the alternative? Stagnation - A safer, more terrible form of death. Not of the body, but of the spirit. An animal knows what it is, and accepts it. A man may know what he is -- but he questions. He dreams. He strives. Changes. Grows. Chris Claremont dream winning animal Life is the ultimate adventure, and Death, the prize that awaits us all. Chris Claremont prize life-is adventure If you think the X-Men are going to be push-overs, think again! Far better men than you have pledged their destruction ... yet the X-Men are still here. Chris Claremont destruction men thinking The resolution of the Phoenix Saga was one of the most frustrating experiences that I think any of us ever had, but I also think it was the right move. The decision, three years later, to undo the Phoenix Saga with the resurrection of Jean was less so, but that's in my opinion. Chris Claremont years moving thinking Similar Authors Brian Michael Bendis comic-book-writer Dave Gibbons comic-book-writer Darwyn Cooke comic-book-writer Greg Rucka comic-book-writer Grant Morrison comic-book-writer Geoff Johns comic-book-writer All Authors