Quotes About Inspiration

I never imagined myself playing a superhero because I don't see myself the way superheroes have been portrayed or shown to me my entire life.

There aren't as many girl superheroes, but there are cool ones. Banshee, for instance.

I feel like we need to make new superheroes, African-American superheroes, that people would accept.

Girls actually need superheroes much more than boys.

I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really alive.

I'm happy I can sit home in my office and make up stories about superheroes. And I only have to deal with a pretty limited amount of people to get those comics produced.

I think superheroes are about flying. They're not about moping.

I'll look at superheroes and comics and stuff and wonder, 'Why wouldn't you dress like that if you could?' With fashion, I look at it as a way to express that. I don't really pull any punches on it; otherwise, you get caught up in this nexus of dressing like everyone else.

That's why people love Spider-Man: he's the most grounded, relatable of superheroes.

Superheroes are the best of us. Never mind all those powers or the crazy costumes. The heart of a superhero is meant to inspire.

We don't have a lot of black superheroes.

I would want people to be their own superheroes, save their own days, know that nobody else is gonna do it for you. You have to pick yourself up out of your dark moment; you gotta be your own source of light, just like I was for me.

Everybody loves superheroes, and so to be associated with a superhero forever is just kind of like, that's where the goalposts are. That's kind of, 'Bam, you're immortalized!'

I've been lucky to combine my two loves quite frequently: that of Marvel Superheroes and Sports Entertainment.

As athletes, it is our responsibility to be role models. But we are not superheroes.

I'm a big fan of superheroes and fantasy and sci-fi. I have been since I was a child.

Firefighters and rescue workers are American superheroes.

I think it's possible for anybody to write what they want to write - superheroes, historical, period drama, 'Game Of Thrones' - it's just how you chuck yourself into it that counts. And do your research.

It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.

I just hope that when black people look at me, they don't see someone superhuman. They see themselves.

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

For a writer, personal freedom is not so important. It is not individual freedom that guarantees the greatness of literature; otherwise, writers in democratic countries would be superior to all others. Some of the greatest writers wrote under dictatorship - Shakespeare, Cervantes.

Every son's first superhero is his father, and it was the same for me. For me, he was Superman and Batman combined.

I'm not a superman with a cape, I'm only a basketball player for the Celtics. But if I can make one child smile, I've done my job.