Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison, MBE is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright, and occultist. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and countercultural leanings in his runs on titles including DC Comics's Animal Man, Batman, JLA, Action Comics, All-Star Superman, Vertigo's The Invisibles, and Fleetway's 2000 AD...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth31 January 1960
people comic reader
I tend to only read comics written by friends or people I've known. And I'm not a great comic reader.
people house mind
I should say I am far more cleverer than any of the people who put me here. As a matter of fact, I could leave any time I wanted. It's only a doll house after all. Anyway, I don't mind. I like dolls. Particularly the live ones.
people way ends
And that's why people read comics, to get away from the way life works, which is quite cruel and unheroic and ends in death.
people hell
Whatever you do, make sure you go right to the top, because you sure as hell can't piss upwards on people.
doors people long
Stop being frightened. You only see a monster because they want you to see monsters everywhere. They've conditioned you to look for monsters in every shadow, every coat hung on every door. As long as we keep seeing monsters, we'll continue to need protection and that's how other people get to control our lives.
girlfriend character people
Sometimes I pretend not to look at my own characters, because that's like different people getting off with your girlfriend or something.
people labels feels-right
I just do what I do because it feels right. Other people attach labels to that.
jesus people love-everyone
Superman loves everyone. He's like Jesus except he punches people.
hurt time lying
Why am I in Hell? It hurts. It hurts all the time. Why am I in Hell? I just want to go home and lie on the bed the way I used to. Please take me home.
book character lasts
Unlike novel characters, comic book characters last an eternity. When a character is changed beyond recognition, there's no longer the merchandising aspect.
father believe college
It's hard for me to believe that a shy, bespectacled college graduate like Brad Meltzer who's a novelist and a father is a really setting out to be weirdly misogynistic.
jobs men evil
I'm lucky to have a job doing something I really love to do, and I'm happy to accept the pressures of relentless deadlines or reader expectations as necessary evils. It's probably not as stressful as mining coal or leading men into battle.
growing-up firsts celtic
I was always interested in myths growing up. So, first I got into some Roman myths, then I was interested in Norse, then Celtic, then I started spreading to all the other mythologies.
thinking fans kind
I don't like to think of my readership as 'fans,' a word which has always suggested a kind of power relationship I'm uncomfortable with.