Quotes from Brian Michael Bendis

I was listening to the inclusiveness of Spider-Man, and why he's so appealing to so many people, but I didn't connect it all at first.

In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more chance-taking going on.

I've been reading Ed Brubaker comics since the first appearance of Ed Brubaker comics and every single time he announces a new title I mutter to myself: ugh! I wish I would've thought of that!

I was into comics because these were my real male role models, even though at the time, I didn't know it.

One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet for us.

I love meeting fans. The people who are fans of my books are really smart and dedicated, because some independent comics are hard to get. I will drive all the way to Pittsburgh or Detroit to put it in their hands.

If you like Powers, you'll love The Victories!

See that? A guy can't jump around in his underwear and make a spectacle of himself without the ladies acting like he's some kind of guy running around in his underwear making a spectacle of himself.

I believe in what you do -You do? -Sure, what do you do? -Out!

Fight today, cry tomorrow.

It means Daredevil had files, history, dirt, on all of his enemies. He was a lawyer. That's what lawyers do. They stack the deck in their favor. A lawyer doesn't ask the question unless he knows the answer. A lawyer doesn't go into a courtroom unless he knows he can WIN. That's what separated Murdock from the rest of the idiots like Spider-Man flailing around. Daredevil was PRECISE. Thought OUT. PREPARED.

So I did what you do when something scares the hell out of you creatively. You do it. You do it in spite of.

No, listen, this is the most important thing I can possibly tell you about being Spider-Man. This is as true as it gets, if you ever see a--

Stop thinking about the fact that the world has turned against you and the irony is you shouldn't even be here. You should have died sixty years ago. They should have left you in that block of ice. They should have left you as a memory, as a symbol of peace and freedom. Instead of what they're turning you into: a war criminal. A refuregee.

Ah, man, when Wolverine grows his face back, he's really gonna be pretty upset.

I know this because the worst has happened. The thing I can't live with… has happened. And for all our back and forth— and all the things we've said and done to each other… there's one thing that I'll never be able to tell anyone now… The one thing! The one thing I should have told you. But now I can't… It wasn't worth it.

Please don't be dead. Because then I'd have to be the Sorcerer Supreme and there's no way I could rock the 'stache.

The trick is not caring what EVERYBODY thinks of you and just caring about what the RIGHT people think of you.

Oh yeah 'Nostalgia is a state of inarticulate contempt to the present and a fear of the future.

Luke Cage: "It's my house! I paid for it with my own money!" Iron Fist: "My money." Luke Cage: "His money, but it's still my house!

There, there are no chicken wings

Dr. Strange: 'That was--agh--smart of you, Logan.' Wolverine: 'Yeah? Which part?' Dr. Strange: 'You knew that severe physical trauma to the host body could--sss--cease a demonic possession.' Wolverine: 'Oh, uh, sure.' Spider-Man: 'He didn't know that. He stabbed you just to stab you.' Dr. Strange: 'Well, *argh* either way.

They, society, hate you because they don't want your help. You remind them of how weak willed and sheep like they are. How gleeful they are, deep down, to be ordinary. They don't want heroes. They don't want special people around them. Because if there are special people and they aren't one of them - well who wants that? Who wants a constant reminder that they aren't even trying to be special?

A man once said, "There are only two questions man can ask himself that mean anything. Why did God create the world? And what do I do next?" ...