Duane Swierczynski Quotes

• I read like fiends smoke crack

  Duane Swierczynski

  Cracks, Smoke

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• I love seeing guys on the worst possible day and watching them scramble.

  Duane Swierczynski

  Guy, Worst, Seeing

  "Duane Swierczynski dreams up a violent new cocktail for The Black Hood". Interview with Derrick Sanskrit, www.avclub.com. October 9, 2015.

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• The noir universe hates do-gooders so it tries to pound them and punish them.

  Duane Swierczynski

  Hate, Trying, Pounds

  "Duane Swierczynski dreams up a violent new cocktail for The Black Hood". Interview with Derrick Sanskrit, www.avclub.com. October 9, 2015.

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• I think managing pain with narcotics could be a useful skill. Hiding your true self from you co-workers, which is totally true. Exacting justice when it needs to be dealt.

  Duane Swierczynski

  Pain, Thinking, Self

  "Duane Swierczynski dreams up a violent new cocktail for The Black Hood". Interview with Derrick Sanskrit, www.avclub.com. October 9, 2015.

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• Novels are a marathon, while comic scripts are a sprint.

  Duane Swierczynski

  Scripts, Marathon, Comic

  "Crime novelist Duane Swierczynski on shedding the Spanx for noir in the new BLACK HOOD #1". Interview with Donna Dickens, uproxx.com. January 28, 2015.

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• With novels, you're sitting at a desk, alone, going slightly crazy, for anywhere from six months to a year with zero feedback.

  Duane Swierczynski

  Zero, Crazy, Years

  "Crime novelist Duane Swierczynski on shedding the Spanx for noir in the new BLACK HOOD #1". Interview with Donna Dickens, uproxx.com. January 28, 2015.

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• Comic scripts are full-on collaborations, not only with your artist, but your editors and colorists and letterers and PR folks, etc. Writing comics reminds me of my days as a journalist, working on a staff of fun, smart people.

  Duane Swierczynski

  Fun, Smart, Writing

  "Crime novelist Duane Swierczynski on shedding the Spanx for noir in the new BLACK HOOD #1". Interview with Donna Dickens, uproxx.com. January 28, 2015.

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• Writing novels reminds me of being an awkward 15-year-old typing on a Commodore 64 in his bedroom, trying to be the next Stephen King.

  Duane Swierczynski

  Kings, Writing, Years

  "Crime novelist Duane Swierczynski on shedding the Spanx for noir in the new BLACK HOOD #1". Interview with Donna Dickens, uproxx.com. January 28, 2015.

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