Quotes About Bunn

#1. I definitely have a preference for writing anti-heroes and bad guys, especially when they have motivations that the average 'good' person can understand and get behind.

Cullen Bunn

#2. I figure if someone calls something a 'Draugr,' people can figure out that it's a monster or some sort of mythic creature, and if they want to know more, there's plenty of information out there about those mythic creatures.

Cullen Bunn

#3. I think Vikings have always been popular, haven't they? I remember being a kid and being in second grade reading a book about this Viking warrior.

Cullen Bunn

#4. Normal Iraqi etiquette was forgotten the moment drivers sat behind the wheel.

Davis Bunn

#5. You want fans to connect to the book, even movie fans. But if your sole purpose is to write towards a certain kind of fan, that way leads madness.

Cullen Bunn

#6. I think 'Magneto' is definitely an anti-hero. He's fighting for the right thing, but his methods are far too extreme. He's not above breaking the law, stretching the limits of what is moral and putting evil to work for good.

Cullen Bunn

#7. I've been writing stories, in one form or another, since I was a kid.

Cullen Bunn

#8. Halfway back up the hillside, Cecilia reached behind her, and it seemed the most natural thing in the world for Brian to lean forward to take her hand.

Davis Bunn

#9. I wholeheartedly believe that super heroes can play in virtually any storytelling genre.

Cullen Bunn

#10. The past is done. It's really about who we are now.

Curtis Bunn

#11. Real change, eternal change, is when your actions are meant to draw you closer to your Lord. The first act of genuine turning is recognizing that what you have done on your own, what you are capable of doing, is not enough. The second act is acknowledging who you are turning toward.

Davis Bunn

#12. My first short story sale was to a magazine that sat on the story forever ... and never did publish it.

Cullen Bunn

#13. I loved 'Lobo' in the '90s, but I think that character is hard to connect with, especially for new readers.

Cullen Bunn

#14. I've been really lucky to work with some of the best writers in the business.

Cullen Bunn

#15. Aside for the dream of writing the core X-Men team, I think I would love to write an Excalibur book.

Cullen Bunn

#16. It is a soldier's right to complain, his only defense against orders not to his liking.

Davis Bunn

#17. There was a time, as a young comic book reader, that I would have proclaimed 'Deadworld' my favorite series.

Cullen Bunn

#18. If you go out in the country, spend a lot of time on decaying farms, and you see a lot of crumbling tobacco farms, and wandering the woods, there's something beneath the surface; there's something older ... more sinister.

Cullen Bunn

#19. A man of power is a prize bargainer. Whatever he offers you, he will take more in return. Your challenge is to know yourself. Give only what you can, while remaining steadfast to your own truths.

Davis Bunn

#20. He had been privy to much, and blind to even more.

Davis Bunn

#21. There are a lot of stories I remember with 'Wolverine.' 'Days of Future Past' is one that jumps out in my mind.

Cullen Bunn

#22. My hope is that each of the villains I write will have his or her own motivation that readers can understand, whether they agree or disagree.

Cullen Bunn

#23. I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls, With vassals and serfs at my side, And of all who assembled within those walls, That I was the hope and the pride.

Alfred Bunn

#24. He knew how much pride his people took him being forever misunderstood.

Davis Bunn

#25. I have always loved westerns ... supernatural westerns in particular. One of my first professional short story sales was a horror/western story. It wasn't so great, though, so I'm glad the magazine folded before it saw print.

Cullen Bunn

#26. It was typical of the American to identify the one unfinished strand.

Davis Bunn

#27. Writing 'Magneto' as part of a team took a little getting used to.

Cullen Bunn

#28. Your story should open as a door to the reader, where the action has already begun and they have to run to keep up.

Davis Bunn

#29. I've been extremely lucky in my career, in terms of artists and colorists I've been able to work with, and I think 'Helheim' is a perfect example of that look playing out perfectly.

Cullen Bunn

#30. The heart bow'd down by weight of woe, To weakest hope will cling, To thought and impulse while they flow, That can no comfort bring, That can, that can no comfort bring, With those exciting scenes will blend, O'er pleasure's pathway thrown; But mem'ry is the only friend That grief can call its own.

Alfred Bunn

#31. The afternoon's glory was tainted by the voice on the other end. I was so very sorry not to have the pleasure of meeting you, Mr. Haines. You're not living up to your part of the bargain.

Davis Bunn

#32. When I first started submitting my work professionally - and we're talking years and years ago - I had no patience for editorial response times. I hated waiting to hear back from people, hated waiting to see my work in print.

Cullen Bunn

#33. When I was younger, my goal in life was to work in special FX makeup. Liquid latex and fake blood! That was the dream!

Cullen Bunn

#34. Philip's words. Though the story was by now well known to him, still it held a powerful resonance. What he saw and heard was not merely a retelling of the Lord's coming, but rather the fulfillment of words written centuries before by their most revered prophet.

Davis Bunn

#35. There's no debt. There never has been. We are friends.

Davis Bunn

#36. Reilly Brown is a master of balancing action, humor, and extreme violence, and his character designs for some of the alien races and technology that we encounter is just amazing.

Cullen Bunn

#37. It's pretty simple, really: I love the X-Men. They were my favorite heroes when I was a kid. My dad and I collected X-Men comics together, and I know it would have made him proud to see me writing 'Uncanny X-Men.'

Cullen Bunn

#38. I kind of hate over-explanation in comics.

Cullen Bunn

#39. I need ... I need your God. I have watched you and ... and you have such joy. Such peace. Both you and Zoe. How I long for it. But, Julia, I cannot go to your meeting to find it. Your father would be very angry. He might disown both of us.

Davis Bunn

#40. I always wanted to tell stories. Well, at least, I always came back to the notion of storytelling when the glitz and glamour of being a special effects designer or a fighter pilot or a DEA agent wore off.

Cullen Bunn

#41. If I had my way, I'd love to see 'Wolverine' in a cosmic adventure all by his lonesome.

Cullen Bunn

#42. As a writer, I feel like your favorite character shouldn't be safe.

Cullen Bunn

#43. I don't want to be a slave to nostalgia.

Cullen Bunn

#44. Love. Forgive. As you forgive, you will be forgiven.

Davis Bunn

#45. I already killed you once... And I bet you'll come back again and again... No matter how many times I slaughter you. Your tendency to come back from the brink of death has nothing to do with your healing factor. Your mutant power isn't regeneration. It's popularity.

Cullen Bunn

#46. 'Magneto' is a tragic figure. He is a man who has stared right into the face of ultimate evil ... and he was broken into pieces by what he saw. When he healed, he healed stronger, but he also never fully recovered.

Cullen Bunn

#47. The goal is to write a story that you're proud of and hope the fans like it as well.

Cullen Bunn

#48. In times of crisis, different people react in different ways. Some might try to escape. Others might attempt to batten down the hatches and ride out the storm in a safe haven.

Cullen Bunn

#49. Your clothing is not - how do we say? - not in harmony with the evening. Your shoes - oh, your shoes! I could write several depressing poems in the styling of Monsieur Camus about the existential problems posed by your shoes.

Christopher Bunn

#50. Mark felt eyes on him as tight as a sniper's aim.

Davis Bunn

#51. God answered prayers first by teaching the need to ask, second by using friends as holy messengers.

Davis Bunn

#52. Lived from day to day, his testimony of the risen Lord would ring true, that others who would accompany Alban on his journey would bear strong witness wherever they went.

Davis Bunn

#53. He used a minimum of words and no inflection whatsoever. It was a policeman's manner of speaking, direct and unadorned.

Davis Bunn

#54. The heart bowed down by weight of woe
To weakest hope will cling.

Alfred Bunn

#55. Writing 'Deadpool' can be a lot of fun. When I first started working with the character, I wasn't sure I'd like him. I quickly realized, though, that a writer can do pretty much anything with him - comedic stories, serious stories, completely nonsensical stories.

Cullen Bunn

#56. Skipp and Spector's 'Books of the Dead' were huge influences on me as a writer.

Cullen Bunn

#57. For the Arab, the past does not merely live. The past defines the present.

Davis Bunn

#58. I've been exposed to a ton of 'Magneto' stories over the years, and they all influence me.

Cullen Bunn

#59. On some level, every story draws something from life experiences. Most of the time, it's just a matter of me pulling bits and pieces of my own past to help give characters or settings a little more life.

Cullen Bunn

#60. The light of other days is faded, And all their glories past.

Alfred Bunn

#61. Go into all the world and preach the gospel.' " Martha nodded slowly. "So the challenge is to do that without getting in the way of the message." Alban added, "He must increase. I must decrease.

Davis Bunn

#62. With the earth firmly beneath our feet, we can approach what attracts us, and withdraw from what unnerves us. If there is real danger, we can run. Mobility means security, both physically and emotionally. Flying takes away our most basic way of regulating feelings.

Capt Tom Bunn LCSW

#63. I always liked 'Green Lantern,' but I wasn't necessarily a diehard fan. I read stories here and there when I came across them.

Cullen Bunn

#64. I've loved comics since I was very young, and I've always liked telling stories.

Cullen Bunn

#65. Without God we are but bruised reeds, ever threatened by the prospect of being crushed by life's uncaring millstone. Without God we are nothing, our lives worthless, our days an endless circular tread. Without God we stand condemned, doomed to a life without the precious gift of hope.

T. Davis Bunn

#66. I sent in tons of submissions and proposals, and I collected my share of form rejection letters. Eventually, I found myself working at a comic book shop, where I met my future collaborator Brian Hurtt.

Cullen Bunn

#67. I've always liked telling stories. That probably came from my dad, who definitely had the gift of gab and who wove a kind of personal folklore about his youth - stories full of adventure and ghosts and wild antics.

Cullen Bunn

#68. He was like a sheep being led to be killed. He was quiet, as a lamb is quiet while its wool is being cut; he never opened his mouth. He was shamed and was treated unfairly. He died without children to continue his family. His life on earth has ended.

Davis Bunn

#69. There are plenty of characters I'd love to write. Swamp Thing, Etrigan the Demon, Man-Thing, Howard the Duck, Dr. Strange, Dr. Druid, Ghost Rider, the Micronauts, the Shogun Warriors ... the list goes on and on.

Cullen Bunn

#70. Sometimes I need a place to ask myself impossible questions.

Davis Bunn

#71. I had a job right out of college writing for a small newspaper called 'The Unterrified Democrat.' Ghastly, ghastly job.

Cullen Bunn

#72. A writer must have all the confidence in the world when writing the first draft and none whatsoever when editing subsequent drafts.

T. Davis Bunn

#73. The distance had been evaporated by humor

Davis Bunn

#74. Deadpool's' probably pretty proud of his comic book hero physique.

Cullen Bunn

#75. I was thinking ... "
"We know," Pedro said, "It was like sitting next to a pressure cooker

Davis Bunn

#76. His eyes touched lightly, and passed on.

Davis Bunn

#77. Live a life of rightness. Seek to follow the blessed Lord, and pray for enlightenment for others.

Davis Bunn

#78. 'Magneto' believes that 'Cyclops' and 'Wolverine' both serve a good purpose. But he believes the help they provide only goes so far.

Cullen Bunn

#79. Don't let the world ever take away what makes you unique. And of even more importance, don't ever count your gift as a burden.

T. Davis Bunn

#80. I have a hundred reasons to dislike this gentleman," Erica reminded herself aloud. "And a thousand reasons more not to go courting with any man."
Lavinia laughed at that. "Whenever has a woman's heart listened to her head?

Davis Bunn

#81. The great thing about writing 'Deadpool' is that he can demolish expectations and typical comic book conventions with monster truck force. There are few other characters who can transition so easily from one type of story to the next.

Cullen Bunn

#82. Alex had cooked, and coaxed, and helped Mark form borders around the shapeless days. Alex had given meaning to the word "servant".

Davis Bunn

#83. Our task is to carry the Lord's peace into every situation, into every duty.

Davis Bunn