Grant Morrison Quotes About Superheroes

Quotes about: Superheroes

• We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.

  Grant Morrison

  Giving Up, Superhero, Wish

  Grant Morrison (2011). “Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero”, p.416, Random House

• We've always known we'd eventually be called upon to open our shirts and save the day, and the superhero was a crude, hopeful attempt to talk about how we all might feel on that day of great power, and great responsibility.

  Grant Morrison

  Responsibility, Hopeful, Superhero

• In the world of the superheroes, everything had value, potential, mystery. Any person, thing, or object could be drafted into service in the struggle against darkness and evil - remade as a weapon or a warrior or a superhero. Even a little bee named Michael - after God's own avenging angel - could pitch in to win the battle against wickedness.

  Grant Morrison

  Struggle, Angel, Warrior

  Grant Morrison (2011). “Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero”, p.48, Random House

• Superhero science has taught me this: Entire universes fit comfortably inside our skulls. Not just one or two but endless universes can be packed into that dark, wet, and bony hollow without breaking it open from the inside. The space in our heads will stretch to accommodate them all. The real doorway to the fifth dimension was always right here. Inside. That infinite interior space contains all the divine, the alien, and the unworldly we’ll ever need.

  Grant Morrison

  Real, Dark, Two

• X-Men is not a story about superheroes, but a story about the ongoing revolutionary struggle between good/new and bad/old. The X-Men are every rebel teenager wanting to change the world and make it better. Humanity is every adult, clinging to the past, trying to destroy the future even as he places all his hopes there.

  Grant Morrison

  Teenager, Struggle, Past

• I think that superhero comics in particular are really useful for talking about big emotions and feelings, and personifying and concretizing symbols.

  Grant Morrison

  Thinking, Talking, Superhero

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. May 19, 2010.

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