Mark Waid Quotes

Certainly, your characters - whether they are superheroes are not - should have foibles. They should have problems; they should have things that their powers can't solve. That's what makes them nuanced, interesting characters. They can have intense motivations. They should have intense motivations to do what they do.

Mark Waid

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 21, 1962

Topics

ProblemsInterestingThingsIntense

Sometimes you've got to make your work and workouts co-exist.

Jillian Michaels

WorkYouSometimesGotMakeYour

I'm a bit of a clothes hoarder, admittedly. I try to weed out stuff. My girlfriends come over for cheese and wine and go shopping in my wardrobe. They especially love it when they get stuff with a tag still on.

Jennifer Aniston

LoveShoppingWineClothesCheese

My mentality is always to seek perfection, and you'll find that if you can get somewhere close to it or in the vicinity of that, that's good.

Andrew Whitworth

GoodPerfectionYouFindAlwaysGet

The sting of losing is bad.

John McEnroe

LosingBadSting

I didn't need to write historical epics, no, or science fiction, though I read a lot of science fiction as a kid and rather liked it. But I didn't have the mentality.

John Updike

ScienceScience FictionNeedKid

There's a lot of research behind the scenes that you don't get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. I was very lucky then.

Steve Irwin

ResearchYouBornLuckySeeGet

People see me laughing and telling jokes, but they had no idea after the show was over, I had no joy in my life, in my heart.

Steve Harvey

LifeHeartJoyPeopleMeMy Life

I want to play football until my body says, 'You can't run anymore: you're dead.'

Son Heung-min

FootballYouBodyPlayWantRun

There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.

Tori Amos

WomenTimeVintagePressureIndustry

Music is a form of prayer.

Toru Takemitsu

MusicPrayerForm

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something.

Rita Dove

PoetryCloudsMeFeelSomething

My own field, the prevention of genetic disorders in babies, has been possible only because of humane work on animals.

Robert Winston

WorkPreventionMy OwnPossibleOwn

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