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I live in New York City, and one day many years ago I was with a poet, Gregory Corso, walking through Greenwich Village. He pointed to a doorway in an alley that he said led to a tunnel under Manhattan, a tunnel he'd use to run from the cops. I started learning about old Prohibition-era speakeasy tunnels under the city, for running whiskey.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: About Alley City Cops Day Doorway Greenwich He Learning Led Live Manhattan Many New New York New York City Old One Day Poet Pointed Run Running Said Started Through Tunnel Use Village Walking Whiskey Years Years Ago York

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I don't think most people are all heroic or all villainous, so I find ambiguity of motivations to be a natural human condition.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Ambiguity Condition Find Heroic Human Human Condition Most Motivations Natural People Think

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People struggle with moments of deep dread about life and moments of surety. Often within the course of the same day. Life is a roller coaster, especially if you take risks.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: About Coaster Course Day Deep Dread Life Life Is A Moments Often People Risks Roller Roller Coaster Same Struggle Take Within You

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I walked the streets of New York; I would feel the presence of Daredevil. I would see him up on the rooftop. What you are doing in your life, you start to see in your book. It all starts to merge together.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Book Daredevil Doing Feel Him Life Merge New New York Presence See Start Starts Streets Together Up Walked Would York You Your

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Rotgut was, to me, just this way to get into the underground of Manhattan where you have these little pockets a villain could rise from; a rot in the bowels of Manhattan. It led to these stories that were just very creepy.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Could Creepy Get Just Led Little Manhattan Me Pockets Rise Rot Stories Underground Very Villain Way Were Where You

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I think the best collaborations in comics come from a lot of talks with the artists where you are finding out what they want to draw, what kind of villains they want to do.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Artists Best Collaborations Come Comics Draw Finding Kind Lot Out Talks Think Villains Want Where You I Think

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There are a lot of writers who just want to do their own thing and avoid the rest of the Marvel Universe. But for me that was one of the things I loved about Marvel: that shared universe. So of course you would run into a mutant in Manhattan. You would run into another hero in Manhattan. For me, I figured why not? Why not have that fun?

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: About Another Avoid Course Figured Fun Hero Just Lot Loved Manhattan Marvel Me Mutant One Of The Things Own Rest Run Shared Thing Things Universe Want Who Why Why Not Would Writers You

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I believe in working with your morning brain - you have your coffee, and then maybe you'll start thinking about the grand plan and what's going to happen in the next arc, and then you write for a while, and then you get really dreamy, and over the course of the day or in the middle of the night, something comes, and you just throw it in!

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: About Arc Believe Brain Coffee Course Day Get Going Grand Happen Just Maybe Middle Morning Next Night Over Plan Really Something Start Then Thinking Throw While Working Write You Your I Believe I Believe In

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I like talking about comic book process, and one of the things is that I have plans going ahead for years, and the plans constantly get thrown away and shifted. There's a difference between planning and what actually happens in life, and comics have a life of their own.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: About Actually Away Between Book Comic Comic Book Comics Constantly Difference Get Going Happens Life Like One Of The Things Own Planning Plans Process Shifted Talking Things Thrown Years Ahead

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I'm a huge, huge lover of weaponry, of Japanese martial arts movies.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Arts Huge Japanese Lover Martial Martial Arts Movies

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: January 17th, 1957

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