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21 " 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? "
― Brian Michael Bendis , Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 3: Double Trouble
22 " IRVING: Flowery prose. Verbosity. Some folks think they’re Neil Gaiman, and have ambitions of their scripts being reprinted for their adoring fans to pore over, when in reality, scripts are working documents designed to provide the narrative framework for their collaborators to decorate and embellish with imagery. "
― Brian Michael Bendis , Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels
23 " Stop doing this to yourself, man. Find something that makes you happy and be that. We can't let the fear of our fucked up lives stop us from finding our bliss. "
― Brian Michael Bendis , Powers, Vol. 13: Z
24 " While talent will certainly open the door for you, it’s about failing and knowing how to do so properly. "
25 " No one can make you fail. If you fail, it--it's because YOU failed. "
― Brian Michael Bendis , Moon Knight by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev, Volume 1
26 " Success is a fickle mistress. If you go chasing her, she will ignore you. If you leave her alone and just go about your business, she might come looking for you. "
27 " I swear to God, I wish I was cute and dumb. Just for a day. "
― Brian Michael Bendis , Spider-Woman, Agent of S.W.O.R.D.
28 " If you’re not falling, you’re not really trying hard enough. JOE QUESADA Joe Quesada is an award-winning comics creator and the chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment, who served as editor-in chief of Marvel for over a decade. "
29 " If you try to be everything to everybody, you will end up being nothing to no one. If you write something you think people will want just to be the person who gives them things they want, you will always fail. Let’s say that everyone loves blue this year—blue is all the rage. So you sit down and write something blue. Well, by the time you get your blue out for people to see, people will have moved on to pink and won’t want blue anymore. Now you’re stuck with this blue thing that no one wants, including you. "
30 " The costumes aren't costumes they're uniforms. Uniforms mean something. At least to me. And while we wear them we represent something bigger. Something that symbolizes. We stand up. - Captain America "
― Brian Michael Bendis , Avengers: Heroes Welcome #1
31 " God gave me these hands for a reason! With great powers come great handjobs! "
― Brian Michael Bendis , Powers, Vol. 12: The 25 Coolest Dead Superheroes of All Time
32 " 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. "
― Brian Michael Bendis
33 " -I believe in what you do-You do?-Sure, what do you do?-Out! "
― Brian Michael Bendis , Alias, Vol. 1
34 " Fight today, cry tomorrow. "
― Brian Michael Bendis , Powers, Vol. 14: Gods
35 " So I did what you do when something scares the hell out of you creatively. You do it. You do it in spite of. "
36 " We can't stop people from fighting any more than we can force them to agree.People will always disagree. Over politics, religio, land. They will always fight. And when the fights come our way, we will protect the innocent and try to find a more... peaceful resolution, it's our nature. But put one fire out, another one starts. "
37 " 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. "
― Brian Michael Bendis , The New Avengers Collection Vol. 5
38 " everyone you know in mainstream comics was discovered from their work in independent or self-published comics or other creative work in another medium. Don’t wait for Marvel or DC to discover you—just start making comics for yourself. They will be your calling cards to editors. "