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Brian Azzarello
American
Writer
Born:
Aug 11
,
1962
Because
Character
Like
People
Think
You
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Nobody's angry all the time, unless you're a psycho.
Brian Azzarello
Time
Angry
You
Unless
Nobody
Psycho
I like alleys. They are the backdoor to everything.
Brian Azzarello
Everything
Alley
Like
Civil war, now, 100 years in the future - the things that motivate human beings, they don't change emotionally.
Brian Azzarello
War
Future
Change
Civil
Civil War
Emotionally
Motivate
Years
Human
Human Beings
Beings
Now
Things
I'm interested in damaged people because we've all been roughed up in one way or another.
Brian Azzarello
People
Way
One-Way
Another
Because
Been
Up
Interested
Damaged
I'm happy with the way '100 Bullets' ends terribly.
Brian Azzarello
Happy
Way
Terribly
Bullets
Ends
Believe it or not, but 'White Heat' and 'Little Caesar' keep dancing around in my brainpan while I'm writing 'Moonshine.'
Brian Azzarello
Writing
White
Believe
Dancing
Moonshine
Caesar
Around
Heat
While
Little
Keep
Good people struggle against what's imperfect about them. The people that we call 'bad' people embrace that kind of stuff, embrace the darker side.
Brian Azzarello
Good
Struggle
People
Bad People
Good People
Side
Kind
Bad
Embrace
Darker
About
Imperfect
Stuff
Call
Against
Them
I have to challenge myself, and I have to challenge the reader. We should be weaving and working on new stories and not the same story over and over.
Brian Azzarello
Myself
Challenge
Weaving
Over
New
Reader
Same
Same Story
Stories
Story
Should
Working
For me, a story always goes out of a mistake. Somebody makes a mistake, and that becomes the story. Probably that explains why my series are kind of dark: because there's a problem to begin with.
Brian Azzarello
Me
Mistake
Problem
Dark
Somebody
Out
Kind
Because
Makes
Becomes
Always
Begin
Goes
Story
Explains
Series
Why
I have a reputation for writing all kinds of hard-core, violent things.
Brian Azzarello
Writing
Reputation
Kinds
Things
Violent
Like, why is Batman so relevant? It's because he gets reinvented constantly. There are a lot of stories you can tell with that character.
Brian Azzarello
Character
You
Batman
Relevant
Tell
Constantly
He
Like
Because
Lot
Gets
Stories
Why
Reinvented
'100 Bullets' is such a post-modern noir; there are certain rules you gotta follow.
Brian Azzarello
You
Rules
Follow
Noir
Gotta
Bullets
Certain
What's the trick to writing a good bad guy? Well, for me, it's always been the idea that you pit yourself against authority, you know? I think that's what it takes - and then you can write villainous characters.
Brian Azzarello
Good
Me
You
Yourself
Writing
Think
Characters
Trick
Bad
Bad Guy
Guy
Write
Takes
Idea
Know
Well
Always
Been
Authority
Pit
Against
Then
If there's nothing interesting about a character, people leave because there's no desire to see what happens.
Brian Azzarello
Character
People
Nothing
No Desire
See
About
Because
Leave
Happens
Interesting
Desire
Denny O'Neil did some great things with Joker - I thought Greg Rucka used him really well in 'Gotham Central.'
Brian Azzarello
Great
Great Things
Thought
Some
Joker
Well
Him
Did
Central
Really
Used
Things
Superman is pretty much the way he was - you know - what he's always been. A lot of the Marvel characters are products of their time. I think Batman, as a character, has been able to adapt; he's pretty malleable.
Brian Azzarello
Time
Character
You
Superman
Think
Batman
Way
Characters
Has-Been
Able
Pretty
Marvel
He
Know
Always
Been
Lot
Malleable
Much
Products
Adapt
I didn't really like superheroes. I liked monsters and war comics.
Brian Azzarello
War
Monsters
Superheroes
Like
Liked
Comics
Really
I have never met a feminist who didn't have a father.
Brian Azzarello
Father
Met
Never
Feminist
Who
From a storytelling perspective, perfection is death.
Brian Azzarello
Death
Perspective
Perfection
Storytelling
I like everything that is wrong about Chicago.
Brian Azzarello
Everything
About
Wrong
Like
Chicago
I'm not the monthly comic guy, and I never really have been.
Brian Azzarello
Monthly
Guy
Never
Comic
Been
Really
Basically, I think that Gotham is all of our urban nightmares and fears made into reality. Instead of hearing footsteps from behind you while you walk down the streets, turning around and finding nobody there, there is somebody there.
Brian Azzarello
You
Reality
Walk
Made
Somebody
Fears
Down
Think
Our
Finding
Instead
Nobody
Footsteps
Around
Hearing
Behind
While
Urban
Turning
Streets
Basically
Nightmares
The metro section of the newspaper every day is full of stuff I can use. It's the greatest inspiration for me because it's full of endings. That's where the ends of stories show up.
Brian Azzarello
Day
Me
Every Day
Every
Section
Inspiration
Stuff
Because
Greatest
Metro
Up
Endings
Ends
Where
Stories
Newspaper
Use
Full
Show
Writing 'The Spirit' is really fun.
Brian Azzarello
Writing
Spirit
Really
Fun
'100 Bullets' is a novel on its own. 'Brother Lono,' other than the main character, has nothing to do with '100 Bullets.'
Brian Azzarello
Character
Own
Nothing
Other
Brother
Main
Main Character
Bullets
Than
Novel
I'm a Cubs season ticket holder.
Brian Azzarello
Ticket
Cubs
Holder
Season
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