Garth Ennis

“When it comes to Vought, or any corporate outfit really, all that counts to them is profit. They send their kids on planes built by the lowest bidder. They travel on the fuckin' things themselves. Company jets or first class, they still go on 'em. Safety costs. Money's God.”

“It's the time to run away an' hide under the bed, an' hope the world's still in one piece when you come out again.”

“Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the point is they are trying to throw mud against the wall and hope it will stick, and most of it slides off.”

“They're looking for guys like us, he says, young and hungry, not done yet. I say I'm not hungry, Rick, all I am is angry. He says that'll do just fine.”

“I don't think this one's business as usual. Me evil cunt sense is tinglin'.”

“I'm the one who steps from the shadows, all trenchcoat and cigarette and arrogance, ready to deal with the madness. Oh, I've got it all sewn up. I can save you. If it takes the last drop of your blood, I'll drive your demons away. I'll kick them in the bollocks and spit on them when they're down and then I'll be gone back into darkness, leaving only a nod and a wink and a wisecrack. I walk my path alone... who would walk with me?”

“The urge to fight, to maul, to murder: it is the greatest cancer that afflicts mankind. It obliterates the body of the victim, and the spirit of the the one who strikes the blow. I have seen it...”

“I can't really put it in one sentence because although on one hand Preacher is about faith and yes it is also about, I suppose, the search for God, the search for faith and the manipulation and the abuse committed by figures in whom I suppose people have faith.”

“Preacher is a book that somehow allows me time by its settling on it's characters, that sort of modern gothic western feel. You're not likely to see the boat veering too far from that.”

“With a mini series you can give the story a proper sense of pacing, a proper sense of closure.”

“After all, you can't really blame the Waffen S.S. for doing what comes naturally. But a funny thing happened on the way to the moral high ground.”

“You're the only person who means anything to me in the whole world, you're all I've got...""Well then you've got nothin.”

“I'm sweetness an' motherfuckin' light. Filled from goddamn head to toe wit' love.”

“If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write.”

“I suppose that Heartland, Unknown Soldier and Pride and Joy represent not a quieter side but more of a serious side to my work, something I've been getting into recently.”

“Yeah, Hitman I suppose is most of the time a lighter read than Preacher; it was always going to be.”

“Wouldn't want to write the X-Men, and I suppose the X-Men is the ultimate Marvel comic, and I really wouldn't want to go anywhere near it at all, although on the other had I wouldn't mind having a crack at something like the Punisher.”

“Folks love fantasy. Beasts the shit outta reality and day of the week.”

“Well, I once recall an old master sergeant once telling me that NCOs look after the men so that officers can figure out how to get them killed. That's the difference between maintenance and command.”

“I don't necessarily write everything as automatically assuming it will be collected, there's nothing that says Hitman will be collected, though it might be.”