Zitat des Tages von Paul Dini:
What makes Batman and what makes other superheroes work is the myth that when life is at its lowest, and when you need a hero, a hero swings down and helps you.
Nobody loves a good 'Batman' story more than I do.
Initially, kids are attracted to Superman as a hero because he can take care of problems and still appear as friendly as your dad.
I grew up loving cartoons, comics, magic, and writing.
When you do an animated series and add characters who are not from the canon, you really have to win over the hardcore fans.
As much as I liked the build-up to Christmas, the week after always socked me with the blues.
I have played games like Angry Birds and, you know, Plants vs. Zombies and things like that just for fun on the phone and everything.
It's wrong to become a bully yourself or to take it out on other people, and in my case, I just retreated to a place where I was safe. And that place was my imagination, books, and television.
Encourage your kids to be creative. When you see them tracing a character from TV or a comic, say something like, 'That's nice. Now how about you create a character yourself?' Keep kids curious and excited about creating.
As cool as it is to be Spider-Man at times, there's also a price to pay for that - and he has to learn to balance things out.
My story is just my story, and it's not nearly as traumatic as some.
Kids love the Hulk, but they're not really sure: 'Is he a monster or is he a hero?'
There's a little bit of Sid and Nancy to the Joker and Harley look, which I always felt would not be a bad look if they were in a live-action movie.
'Batman' is pretty much real world-centric.
In every story I've written with Batman, there's an element of justice - you never want to have the story end on a defeatist or a cynical note.
There's a sort of eternal, indefinable 20th century quality to 'BTAS.' We never really pegged the decade, but it's anytime in the 20th century, so I often harkened back to things from the '40s or '50s.
Mr. Freeze is motivated by different things. He doesn't really have that much of an axe to grind with Batman. Batman is an irritation and an impediment to him, not an enemy that he hates. He doesn't have the hatred that the Joker has for Batman.
There are some short stories in R. Crumb comics that are just wonderful and touch me in ways no other comics do.
Quite often in comic book movies, very good actresses are relegated to being the girlfriend or the helper or the sidekick or something.
We had established Harley Quinn as an accomplice to the Joker who was also crushing on him and found herself in the middle of this weird relationship being at the beck and call of his every whim. We wanted to stretch her and make her a stronger character, so to have her leave him and go off on her own was a story I wanted to tell for a while.
When it's only you that you can rely on, you're surprised at the resilience you have.
I really didn't have any plan for her other than the henchgirl role, who was better at getting laughs out of the other gang members than the Joker was. I gave her the name Harley Quinn because I thought Harley was a fun name for a girl, and a lot of 'Batman' character names have a bit of a pun to them, like E Nygma.
Mickey Mouse did not stay the little squeaky guy in 'Steamboat Willie.' He went on to have many different versions.
I was writing a script about the Joker menacing a regular person who had strayed into his path, and I needed to give him a gang of henchmen to work with him. The idea occurred to me, let's put in a female henchperson, because that seemed like a fun variation on the regular big thug guys.
You have to remember, when someone hurts you, that you are so much more than what they took from you.
I'm not saying I talk to cartoon characters all the time, but the characters are very real to me. In a very non-insane way.
Batman is pretty much a self-trained guy. I think it would be fun to do a character like Superman or Captain Marvel or maybe Green Lantern, somebody who's got a completely different resource for fighting crime and fighting villains.
'Boo & Hiss' has been a passion project of mine for a couple of years. I was intrigued with the idea of what would happen in a classic cartoon predator/prey relationship if the predator - in this case, a cat - got to finally do in his adversary only to have the mouse return as a ghost and bedevil the cat.
In 'Batman Beyond,' Terry McGinnis has the responsibility of protecting Gotham City, as well as maintaining a home and social life. He's also got a single mom and a pesky younger brother, which young kids will relate to.
There was a time I was willing to be a clown for people who I felt were the perfect person for me.
I'll continue doing 'Jingle Belle' as long as I've got a good story for her.
I've always felt in my own small, little way that if I could just write a story where it works out well, where the scales of justice are balanced, then that's something that I do really love to see in the world.
Bruce Wayne needs a sense of humor to do his job. Batman, for a very long time, was going to a very dark place.
To overcome any form of adversity, to not give up, to not give up on yourself, your dreams, to not sequester yourself away from people - that's the most important thing to do with your life.
A lot of times, female characters - particularly the villains - come off as very one-dimensional. They get the short shrift in that they're only given the snappy comeback, or they're relegated to a very stereotypical role. I want to know what's driving them - that's what's really interesting.
Creativity, for a lot of young people, is a coping mechanism. It's the only place they feel comfortable. It's the only time they feel like they're being heard or can make a difference, is if they can go into a room and do a drawing or go to a garage and play a song or retreat to this world.
