The only way to write Batman, if you get the chance – and I hope everyone out there gets the chance – is to imagine you made him up. Scott Snyder Read Quote
The secret to ‘Year One’ is that it’s a Jim Gordon story. It’s a great Bruce Wayne story, don’t get me wrong, but Jim Gordon is the focus of that book. To me, that’s the stronger emotional arc. It’s not that the Bruce Wayne stuff isn’t masterful, because it is, but it’s Jim’s book. Scott Snyder Read Quote
The Batman that I loved growing up, the thing that Frank Miller did in ‘The Dark Knight Returns,’ is that he’s so vulnerable and mortal in his 50s. That book was the first time I saw Batman as being really layered, human, and suffering, and worried that he wouldn’t achieve what he wanted to achieve. Seeing him being obsessed and pathological. Scott Snyder Read Quote
With books like ‘AD: After Death’ and ‘Wytches,’ a lot of those things are inspired by reading things that terrify me. Scott Snyder Read Quote
People at Marvel and DC, we’re rooting for each other. And when we’re friends, like me and Jeff Lemire, or Charles Soule, or even Dan Slott – it doesn’t matter if you’re Marvel or DC. You’ll talk story with each other, and there’s like an agreement that you’re just helping each other out. Scott Snyder Read Quote
In a post-9/11 world, ‘Batman’ is less about scaring bad people into the shadows than he is about bringing good people out into the light. Scott Snyder Read Quote
My favorite Batman stories were very much in conversation with the zeitgeist over the years. Scott Snyder Read Quote
I feel like no matter what I’m on, whether it’s ‘Tiny Titans’ or ‘Swamp Thing’ or ‘American Vampire,’ there will be an element of horror in it. Which would be fun for ‘Tiny Titans.’ Scott Snyder Read Quote
The thing that really interests me is characters facing challenges that are emblematic of the things they are most frightened of about themselves. Scott Snyder Read Quote
