I admit that I have sometimes claimed to be Batman in the past. But only when really, really drunk.
Warren EllisThere's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word longโ PEOPLE. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
Warren EllisIf contemporary literary fiction doesn't read a bit like science fiction then it's probably not all that contemporary, is it
Warren EllisElijah Snow: 'Who have you pissed off this time, John?' John Stone: 'Sumatran robot death sluts -- Dammit, ONE of these buttons fires the atomic death biter --
Warren EllisLos Angeles had no culture of its own, just a large collection of misreadings of the artistic histories of other, proper cities.
Warren EllisChris Claremont once said of Alan Moore, "if he could plot, we'd all have to get together and kill him." Which utterly misses the most compelling part of Alan's writing, the way he develops and expresses ideas and character. Plot does not define story. Plot is the framework within which ideas are explored and personalities and relationships are unfolded.
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