Frank Miller quotes

Frank Miller is an American comic book writer, artist, and film director, widely recognized for his gritty storytelling and noir-inspired style. Works such as "The Dark Knight Returns," "Sin City," and "300" have had a profound influence on comics and popular culture. He continues to shape the industry with his innovative approach to visual storytelling. Here are 64 of his quotes:

It's not movies and it's not "fine art." The beauty of a comic is that it's clear, direct communication. My work is getting simpler and more cartoony because I'm much more interested in communication now than in any illustrative value.

Frank Miller

You don't get it boy... this isn't a mudhole... its an operating table. (KRAKKKKK) And I'm the surgeon.

Frank Miller

I think it's quite enough to simply be sarcastic about something. I like to do that quite a lot, and it's one of my favorite things to look at. That's why I think there's a thin line between melodrama and satire, and I like to dance across that line sometimes. I like the story to take a very funny turn or have a character who is much more of a cartoon.

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The world doesn't make sense until you force it to.

Frank Miller

She doesn't quite chop his head off. She makes a Pez dispenser out of him.

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This should be agony. I should be a mass of aching muscle - broken, spent, unable to move. And, were I an older man, I surely would ... ... but I'm a man of thirty - of twenty again. The rain on my chest is a baptism - I'm born again.

Frank Miller

Hell's waking up every goddamn day and not even knowing why you're here.

Frank Miller

Alfred: Hmf. I suppose you'll take up flying next, like that fellow in Metropolis.

Frank Miller

The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time.

Frank Miller

You can never escape me. Bullets don't harm me. Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I KNOW pain. Sometimes I share it. With someone like you.

Frank Miller

I realized that I was about to turn 30, and Batman was permanently 29. And I was going to be damned if I was older than Batman.

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The American conscience died with the Kennedys.

Frank Miller

I don't own an ounce of the work I've ever done on 'Batman,' and I still work on 'Batman.' I love the character, I think it's a lot of fun, and it's kind of fun to be in that ballpark every once in a while, where you're seeing a different crowd.

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A gun is a liar's weapon.

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Of course we're Criminals.

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I don't think so. ... Well, let's put it this way. This month, I don't think so. It's been a long couple of months.

Frank Miller

I can tell you squat about Islamism. But I know a lot about Al Quaeda, and they need to burn in hell.

Frank Miller

It is, not to put too fine a point on it, a piece of propaganda ... Superman punched out Hitler. So did Captain America. That's one of the things they're there for.

Frank Miller

American comics are so constipated.

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Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on... none of you are safe.

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Hello, I'm Shellie's new boyfriend and I'm out of my mind. If you so much as talk to her or even think her name, I'll cut you in ways that'll make you useless to a woman.

Frank Miller

Batman is a hero who wishes he didn't have to exist.

Frank Miller