Quotes

[on recasting Joker] He had been watered down, and it works if he is a maniac and is totally unpredictable. It does work if he...steals groceries!

[on recasting Batman's character] As with Superman, there's a tragedy at the center of his character. He is human, and that's what attracted me as a writer.

[Of first Marvel assignments] My job was to imitate Stan Lee. It was very clear-cut. And I succeeded in that my work was indistinguishable from his.

[on writing Batman] My brilliant idea was to simply take it back to where it all started. I went to the DC library and read some of the early stories. I tried to get a sense of what Kane and Finger were after.