Superhero Quotes - Page 16

• It's a little known fact, but parents are like superheroes. With just a few magic words they can make you feel ten feet tall and bulletproof, they can slay the dragons of doubt and worry, they can make your problems disappear. But of course they can only do this as long as you're a child. When you've become an adult, become the master of your own universe, they're not as powerful as they once were. Maybe that's why so many of us take our time growing up.

  Lisa Unger

  Powerful, Children, Growing Up

  Lisa Unger (2010). “Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You”, p.54, Crown

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• To a degree, the Greek and Roman mythological heroes are just the first superheroes. They appeal to children for much the same reason. These gods and heroes may have powers, but they get angry and they do the wrong thing. They are human too.

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Hero, Greek

  "Rick Riordan: 'Myths are universal and are totally ingrained in our culture'". Interview with Vanessa Thorpe, www.theguardian.com. December 9, 2012.

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• It's easy to get caught up in a moment and think, 'Oh, I've been offered some giant studio film or a superhero franchise or some actor wants to meet with me about a project they want to do.' And it's easy to get caught up in a moment because it's flattering. But you can't do a movie because it's flattering.

  Jason Reitman

  Thinking, Giants, Actors

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• What people adore about superhero movies is the signal quality of the Christopher Nolan films - their complete lack of irony when it comes to the portrayal of heroism and the need for heroes to confront evil.

  John Podhoretz

  Hero, People, Evil

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• Christopher Nolan's astounding third Batman feature, 'The Dark Knight Rises,' represents the true maturation of the superhero movie - and provides the key to understanding the bottomless craving moviegoers have for these films, 34 years after the Christopher Reeve Superman gave birth to the genre.

  John Podhoretz

  Movie, Dark, Keys

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• I love dressing up in superhero outfits and in fact, when I dress up as Wonder Woman, I actually think that I'm more powerful.

  Olivia Munn

  Powerful, Thinking, Dressing Up

  Interview with Jasper Anson, www.askmen.com.

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• You can make your superhero a psychopath, you can draw gut-splattering violence, and you can call it a "graphic novel," but comic books are still incredibly stupid.

  Bill Watterson

  Stupid, Book, Violence

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• How Superheroes Make Money: - Spider-Man knits sweaters. - Superman screw the lids on pickle jars. - Iron Man, as you would suspect, just irons.

  Jim Benton

  Men, Iron, Sweaters

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• Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won't put these futures back together. All the perfect drugs and superheroes wouldn't be enough to bring me back to zero.

  Aimee Mann

  Zero, Keys, Perfect

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• Are you telling me you think Ranger's a superhero?' Think about it. We don't know where he lives. We don't know anything about him.' Superheroes are make-believe.' Oh yeah?' Lula said. 'What about God?

  Janet Evanovich

  Believe, Thinking, Yeah

  Janet Evanovich (2011). “Stephanie Plum One, Two, Three: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly”, p.593, Simon and Schuster

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• Well, what did you have for lunch?” I snapped. “Surely that’s not top secret superhero information.” “Steak with mashed potatoes and a side salad,” Striker replied. “And a piece of chocolate cheesecake for dessert.” I gave up on conversation after that. I was too jealous of the cheesecake to continue.

  Jennifer Estep

  Jealous, Lunch, Chocolate

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• What if I'm not a superhero. What if I'm the bad guy?

  Stephenie Meyer

  Twilight, Guy, What If

  "'Twilight': Edward The Vampire Sulker And His Beloved: Does This Story Work?". Interview with Linda Holmes, www.npr.org. March 24, 2010.

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• Me, I always wanted frost power.” “Frost power?” “Yeah.” Seth gestured dramatically toward my coffee table. “If we’re talking superhero abilities. If I had frost power, I could wave my hand, and suddenly that whole thing would be covered in ice.” “Not frost?” “Same difference.” “How would frost and/or ice power help you fight crime?” “Well, I don’t know that it would. But it’d be cool.

  Richelle Mead

  Coffee, Fighting, Hands

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• As a child, what I was missing was so much bigger to me than what I had. My mother-mythic, imaginary-was a deity and a superhero and a comfort all at once. If only I'd had her, surely, she would have been the answer to every problem; if only I'd had her , she would have been the cure for everything that ever had gone wrong in my life.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mother, Children, Missing

  Jodi Picoult (2007). “Vanishing acts”, p.521, Simon and Schuster

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• I was never a kind of superhero fan much growing up, I'm not a kind of comic book kid.

  Joe Wright

  Growing Up, Book, Kids

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm uninterested in superheroes. I am only interested in real stories, real people, real connection.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Real, People, Connections

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. September 21, 2012.

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• The difference between 'Watchmen' and a normal comic book is this: With 'Batman's Gotham City,' you are transported to another world where that superhero makes sense; 'Watchmen' comes at it in a different way, it almost superimposes its heroes on your world, which then changes how you view your world through its prism.

  Zack Snyder

  Book, Hero, Views

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• After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.

  Brian K. Vaughan

  Writing, Leader, Political

  "Ex Machina : An Interview With Brian K. Vaughan". Interview with Bryan Young, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 30, 2010.

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• I always wanted to be a superhero.

  Charles Michael Davis

  Wanted

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• People want fun and escapism at the moment. Look at the success of Guardians of the Galaxy. I think Nolan kick-started a very dark, bleak style of superhero escapism, and I think people have had enough of it.

  Matthew Vaughn

  Fun, Dark, Thinking

  "Matthew Vaughn: People "Have Had Enough" of Christopher Nolan's Dark Superhero Films" by Alex Ritman, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 5, 2015.

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• I hate superheroes. I always hated superheroes. From the time I was a little kid, I could believe in a 50-foot gorilla trashing New York City before I could believe a guy would put on long tights and bat ears and go and fight crime. Like, the fantasy never made sense to me, on a basic level.

  Stephen R. Bissette

  New York, Hate, Believe

  Interview with Chris Dahlen, www.avclub.com. July 23, 2009.

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• If I could get any semblance of, not really anonymity, but control over my public image, that would be nice. But no, I think it's impossible [to maintain that], for one thing. I don't think anyone can do that, apart from Denzel Washington. It's a strange place that the film industry is at, where you can just play superhero after superhero.

  Robert Pattinson

  Nice, Thinking, Strange Places

  Source: collider.com

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• I think Pan is a superhero movie; I mean, the kid flies in the end.

  Joe Wright

  Mean, Kids, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• Eighteen years since the Chernobyl disaster. Is it just me surprized? Still no superheroes!

  Jimmy Carr

  Years, Disaster, Chernobyl

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• Because you are the superhero fledgling. I’m just your more attractive sidekick. Oh, and the herd of nerds are your dorky minions.

  P. C. Cast

  Nerd, Sidekicks, Aphrodite

  P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2010). “Untamed: A House of Night Novel”, p.67, Macmillan

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