You take the thing that is the worst thing that could have happened to you, the worst challenge in your life, and you turn it into fuel. You don't give up. And that's what Gotham is about. Scott Snyder More Quotes by Scott Snyder More Quotes From Scott Snyder Vampires as creatures have evolved over time as different vampire bloodlines have hit different populations of humans. Every once in a while the blood will make something new and mutate into a new species with different powers, abilities, weakness, physical characteristics, and so on. I don't want to give anything away, but there are whole species and branches that date all the way back to pre-modern times. Scott Snyder vampire giving blood With this particular series [The Cursed Wheel] I'm going farther in that direction than I've tried before in terms of the elasticity of the mythology. Scott Snyder mythology wheels term I was on Batman with "Superheavy" or "Zero Year" where there was a lot of fun and bombast, but it was also personal. [In All-Star], I wanted to take that to its complete extreme, like the end of the Earth extreme, where it's over-the-top humorous, yet at the same time really deeply about what I think is of this particular moment in time, at least for me. The things I'm terrified of and the things I'm hopeful about. My life is the page. Scott Snyder zero stars fun One of the things that's great is that Batman is a character that lends himself to very personal stories. Scott Snyder personal-stories stories character This one's like that because it's about these things that I think weigh heavily on me in terms of my own failings and the things that I worry about and my personal demons. Is the sum of my personal demons greater than the things that I like about myself? Is this moment - because it's a particulary high tension, scary moment for all of us in terms of the global climate - going to bring out the best or the worst in us? Scott Snyder scary worry thinking If I know what something's about, and I can always have that touchstone, I feel like I can reach for really ridiculous humor and also go really dark in terms of the things I'm afraid of. Scott Snyder ridiculous term dark The thing with Superman is that he's completely emotionally open to the reader. Meaning what he tells you is what he's feeling; there's a transparency there. And what he tells other characters is usually as transparent as can be. What he says he believes in. So there's an honesty that is both really inspiring writing the character. One thing I love about Clark Kent is that there is a badassery that you don't see a lot. Even as Superman, he's always kind of restraining himself. When you challenge him, I think there's nobody that has a stronger spine than Superman. Scott Snyder honesty writing believe What I'm interested in exploring with Clark Kent is when you have the power to do something that goes beyond what you think is the right thing to do and the difficulty of that. Meaning, to be Superman also means to withhold a lot of power. He could reshape the world however he thinks it should be. But Superman doesn't, historically, do those things. He allows a certain level of self-governing and a certain level of independence, I think out of an admiration for humanity. Because he's inspired by the best in us and he challenges us to inspire each other to be the best that we can be. Scott Snyder self mean thinking Batman is the one you go to for answers and Clark Kent is the one you go to to really do the right thing. He stands as a shining example of what to do in any situation. Scott Snyder shining example answers I love The End of the Batman story. I have my original copy, the hardcover, at my house from when I was a kid, whenever that was,'88 or '89. It was very influential to me because it was so explicit in touching on the notion that Batman might be mad and that he might belong in the mad house. Scott Snyder mad house kids KGBeast starts chasing our heroes in a big way, and you get the return of an old character from the mythology that I think people will be really excited to see. Scott Snyder hero character thinking What Batman is saying is that, "I want to try something new that's more about this era and this moment." And I do think that it speaks to a modern take [as opposed] to a 90s take or a 2000s take being maybe the older program about having a sidekick. Scott Snyder eras trying thinking There's nothing comparative to Damien [the current Robin] or any of the other characters. I love those characters. And this isn't, "This is better than that." I think a couple of people misread what we had said in the first issue about that stuff. Scott Snyder couple character thinking Bruce sees in this character - who fought all the way through "Superheavy" when his parents were missing, and now is determined to fight even though his parents are telling him he's worth nothing - the essence of Batman. Scott Snyder fighting essence character It's one of the worst nightmare situations we could create for a young character, having the people who are supposed to believe in you keep telling you you're nothing. Scott Snyder worst-nightmares character believe [Bruce] sees a lot of himself in [Batman], you know? You could argue that something even worse than what happened to Bruce happened to [Duke's] parents, who are now Joker-ized*. They're not just gone or irretrievably lost. And I'm NOT curing them, so you can put that out there! There's no relief from that. Scott Snyder relief parent gone I really wanted to make sure that if we set Duke up, that he's set up the right way and he's his own hero for the right reasons. Scott Snyder dukes hero way On this global stage, Superman is someone that we can all look up to and he's almost kind of ultimately American. Scott Snyder look-up kind looks The main side effect that I see is that it raises questions about the credibility of the United States as a protector, as an alliance partner, and that's not good for the relationship. Scott Snyder top-news The important thing here is there is a kind of plan for maintaining readiness, but in ways designed to be less provocative, showing restraint in exercises is OK, refraining would not be appropriate. What would be unacceptable would be the prohibition on... exercises. Scott Snyder politics
