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The way that I process and make writing work is I'm really telling true stories; I'm just putting them in a cape and putting an 'S' on its chest.

~Christopher Priest

Topics: Cape Chest Just Make Process Putting Really Stories Telling Them True Way Work Writing

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I think everybody wants to feel validated in some way, and when you're looking for leisure activities or if you're looking for escapism or things like that, you want to read about characters you can identify with.

~Christopher Priest

Topics: About Activities Characters Escapism Everybody Feel Identify Leisure Like Looking Read Some Things Think Want Wants Way You I Think

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Literally everything that could be done with the 'Justice League' has been done with the 'Justice League.'

~Christopher Priest

Topics: Been Could Done Everything Justice League Literally

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'Justice' actually means different things to different people.

~Christopher Priest

Topics: Actually Different Different People Different Things Justice Means People Things

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If the League were real, today, they'd most likely be sued by every person they ever saved. They'd be subpoenaed by every authority in every jurisdiction imaginable; hearings upon hearings. There'd be waves of accolades followed by tsunamis of boos from social media.

~Christopher Priest

Topics: Accolades Authority Boos Ever Every Followed Imaginable League Likely Media Most Person Real Saved Social Social Media Sued Today Waves Were

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Escapism has its place. I used to write 'Conan the Barbarian' for Marvel, which takes place in an environment completely removed from the real world.

~Christopher Priest

Topics: Barbarian Environment Escapism Marvel Place Real Real World Takes The Real World Used Which World Write

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In comics, my experience has been mostly artists whose visual storytelling chops are either weak or they're more invested in rushing to a paycheck than in doing work they can be proud of.

~Christopher Priest

Topics: Artists Been Chops Comics Doing Either Experience Invested More Mostly Paycheck Proud Rushing Storytelling Than Visual Weak Whose Work

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All people - white, black, whatever - are tribal in the sense that we relate to that which is familiar to us.

~Christopher Priest

Topics: All People Black Familiar People Relate Sense Tribal Us Whatever Which White

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I was trained in storytelling by Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, and Larry Hama. Doesn't make me a genius, and there really isn't anything fancy about the stage direction in my scripts.

~Christopher Priest

Topics: About Anything Direction Fancy Genius Jim Larry Lee Make Me Really Scripts Shooter Stage Stan Storytelling Trained

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Hollywood is, of course, loaded with egos, but it's amazing to see how, despite the egos, those collaborators pull together and focus on telling a story rather than butt heads and sabotage what is extremely hard work and investment just because their ego apparently demands it.

~Christopher Priest

Topics: Amazing Apparently Because Butt Collaborators Course Demands Despite Ego Egos Extremely Focus Hard Hard Work Heads Hollywood How Investment Just Just Because Loaded Pull Rather Sabotage See Story Telling Than Those Together Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: June 30th, 1961

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