It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.

The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.

I'm very distanced from the comics industry. I love the comics medium, but I have no time for the industry.

That pompous phrase (graphic novel) was thought up by some idiot in the marketing department of DC. I prefer to call them Big Expensive Comics.

If the audience knew what they wanted then they wouldn't be the audience, they would be the artist.

Nothing's that simple, not even things that are simply awful.

Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.