Seven actors have played Batman on the big screen, and if you can name all seven without reading any further, your youth has been wasted. Grant Morrison More Quotes by Grant Morrison More Quotes From Grant Morrison Burnout is grist to the mill. I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning into metaphor whatever's going on in my life, in the world, and in my head. Every nightmare, every moment of grief or joy or failure, is a moment I can convert into cash via words. Grant Morrison grief writing joy The moon is so beautiful. It's a big silver dollar, flipped by God. And it landed scarred side up, see? So He made the world. Grant Morrison dollars moon beautiful The only time I ever met a character that I wrote was when I met Ian McKellan, when he was playing Magneto in the 'X-Men' movies. Grant Morrison mets character men I'm the evil mastermind behind the scenes. I'm the wicked puppeteer who pulls the strings and makes you dance. I'm your writer. Grant Morrison behind-the-scenes wicked evil Truth speaks best in the language of poetry and symbolism, I think. Grant Morrison language symbolism thinking It’s mostly just you have to convince yourself that there’s nothing else in the room but John Lennon and suddenly things start John Lennon-ing! Grant Morrison lennon convince rooms The first light had cast the first shadow. Grant Morrison shadow light firsts Why did you make it so hard for me? I'd rather empty the ocean with a sieve. I do it for you. Or count the grains of sand on every beach. All for you. There are so many people, so many countries. But I have time. All the time in the world. Eternity. Grant Morrison ocean beach country I thought I could capture the stories of the city on paper. I thought I could write about the horrors of the city. Horror stories you see. I tell you I didn't have to look far for material. Everywhere I looked, there were stories hidden there in the dark corners. . . . I wrote and still there were more. . . . No one would publish them. 'Too horrible,' they said. 'Sick mind,' they said. I thought I could write about the horrors of the city but the horror is too big and it goes on forever. Grant Morrison horror-stories dark writing All I know is that you won't come back until they're all dead. 'Eternity.' Every last one of them. Every man. Every woman. Every child. Global massacre. I dream about that day. A planet of corpses Grant Morrison women dream children My art school rejection letter arrived as a cold manila fist that closed around my fragile hopes ... The fear was practically edible. Nothing would happen unless I get out and make it happen. Then, as if handling me the keys to the jet pack, my dad bought me a typewriter and a taped message to the inside of its case: "Son - the world is waiting to hear from you". Grant Morrison dad art school I love 'Batman.' I love the Adam West 'Batman.' I love the animated 'Batman.' The character of Batman can encompass any interpretation, which is what makes that character so brilliant and why it's survived so many different media. Grant Morrison media different character I don't like to think of my readership as "fans," a word which has always suggested a kind of power relationship I'm uncomfortable with. Grant Morrison fans kind thinking I guess my inspiration is this - I like to pretend that every story that ever happened to 'Batman' was real and is part of this one guy's life. Grant Morrison guy inspiration real I tend to only read comics written by friends or people I've known. And I'm not a great comic reader. Grant Morrison comic reader people From now on, I'm opting for ontological terrorism. Grant Morrison terrorism I will rise from the darkness, shining like the morning star. Illuminated woman am I. Grant Morrison stars shining morning Oh, yes! Fill the churches with dirty thoughts! Introduce honesty to the White House! Write letters in dead languages to people you've never met! Paint filthy words on the foreheads of children! Burn your credit cards and wear high heels! Asylum doors stand open! Fill the suburbs with murder and rape! Divine madness! Let there be ecstasy, ecstasy in the streets! Laugh and the world laughs with you! Grant Morrison honesty children dirty A cannon fires only once but words detonate across centuries Grant Morrison cannons century fire I should say I am far more cleverer than any of the people who put me here. As a matter of fact, I could leave any time I wanted. It's only a doll house after all. Anyway, I don't mind. I like dolls. Particularly the live ones. Grant Morrison mind house people
