72 Quotes by Christopher Priest

You go back to look over the body of my work, and there are no archetypal villains in my books.

When I read comics, they were dense stories. When you put them down, there was a sense of having gotten a great deal from them.

I think every writer is in search of the truth. We are trying to psychoanalyze ourselves.

'Justice' actually means different things to different people.

Some people might shy away from a character like Deathstroke because, you know, all of the blood-letting and the swordplay and violence and all that other stuff.

When you're talking about villainy, then you're automatically circling around to talk about justice.

What makes a good villain is someone who doesn't just challenge the hero but comes organically out of that character's history and circumstances.

I didn't want to write a 'black' book because black characters are a tough sell.

Lots of things that go on in mainstream superhero comics are just stupid. They just show up on the page, and no one makes any mention of it.