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1 " A vigilante is just a man lost in the scramble for his own gratification. He can be destroyed or locked up. But if you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, and if they can't stop you, then you become something else entirely "
― Dennis O'Neil , Batman Begins
2 " but as long as he keeps the bad people rich and the good people scared no one will touch him "
3 " You weren't the perfect father but that's okay because -- probably nobody's a perfect father. No family's perfect, either. I was lucky. I was privileged. Not because of the big house and the money, but because you gave me a lot of yourself. You taught me, you showed me, you encouraged me -- you never lied to me and you never demanded that I be anything I’m not. I didn’t imitate you because you insisted that I do so, but because I wanted to. Of all the men I knew, you were most worthy of imitation. Then I blamed you for letting me be who I was. Pretty dumb. You and Alfred gave me a home and you gave me what we don't mention. The L word. You were the best family I could have had. Thanks. "
― Dennis O'Neil , Nightwing (1995) #4
4 " Either you die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain. "
― Dennis O'Neil , The Dark Knight (Dark Knight Trilogy #2)
5 " Make me laugh. Make me cry. Tell me my place in the world. Lift me out of my skin and place me in another. Show me places I have never visited and carry me to the ends of time and space. Give my demons names and help me to confront them. Demonstrate for me possibilities I've never thought of and present me with heroes who will give me courage and hope. Ease my sorrows and increase my joy. Teach me compassion. Entertain and enchant and enlighten me.Tell me a story. "
― Dennis O'Neil
6 " As though we were made for each other... Beauty and the Beast. Of course, if anyone else calls you beast, I'll rip their lugns out. "
7 " Tell me a story. "
8 " A worthy editor has one primary directive: to make the creative people look good. To do this, he must sometimes demand further work. He doesn’t do it casually. Remember, more work for you means more work for him, too. If "
― Dennis O'Neil , The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics
9 " Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight. "
10 " The training is nothing! Will is everything! The will to act. "
