Kurt Busiek quotes

“It strikes me that the only reason to take apart a pocket watch, or a car engine, aside from the simple delight of disassembly, is to find out how it works. To understand it, so you can put it back together again better than before, or build a new one that goes beyond what the old one could do. We've been taking apart the superhero for ten years or more; it's time to put it back together and wind it up, time to take it out on the road and floor it, see what it'll do.”
-- Kurt Busiek

Source : Kurt Busiek (2011). “Astro City: Life in the Big City (New Edition)”, p.9, DC

#Simple Quotes #Years Quotes #Wind Quotes

“I tend to think that the best face of humanity is that we learn. We explore, we study, we think.”
-- Kurt Busiek

Source : "Creator's Commentary: Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross on 'Kirby: Genesis' #1". Interview with Charles Webb, www.mtv.com. June 17, 2011.

#Thinking Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is, what theyre like, what kind of attitude they have, what sort of role they play.”
-- Kurt Busiek

#Attitude Quotes #Character Quotes #Play Quotes

“Dracula, if he could see modern corporations, wouldnt like them much. He took care of his people, at least as he saw it. They had very little freedom, but they had a protector.”
-- Kurt Busiek

#People Quotes #Care Quotes #Littles Quotes

“At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a mission, and a milieu. If the character had three out of the five, they were a superhero. But that's just my definition.”
-- Kurt Busiek

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 14, 2001.

#Character Quotes #Names Quotes #Superhero Quotes

“I'm a writer. I just love telling stories.”
-- Kurt Busiek

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 14, 2001.

#Stories Quotes #Telling Stories Quotes

“I like superheroes. I like the drama of it, the stirring, larger-than-life aspect.”
-- Kurt Busiek

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 14, 2001.

#Drama Quotes #Superhero Quotes #Larger Than Life Quotes

“I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party.”
-- Kurt Busiek

Source : "Mtv Geek Interview: Kurt Busiek And Brent Anderson At The Barcelona Comicon!". Interview with Janna O'shea, www.mtv.com. April 22, 2011.

#Party Quotes #Views Quotes #Tools Quotes

“Maybe I had a 'secret identity,' but then when you think about it, don't we all? A part of ourselves very few people ever get to see. The part we think of as 'me.' The part that deals with the big stuff. Makes the real choices. The part everything else is a reflection of.”
-- Kurt Busiek

#Real Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“When you have a novel set in a fictional history, you still should get your history right.”
-- Kurt Busiek

Source : "To Be Kurt, Not Short: A Three-Part Interview with Kurt Busiek". Interview with A. David Lewis, www.popmatters.com. July 9, 2002.

#Should Quotes #Novel Quotes #Stills Quotes