Top 81 Quotes by Jeff Lemire

About Jeff Lemire

These are some quotes by Canadian author Jeff Lemire Artist, who was born on March 21, 1976.

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow is a character whose core is about legacy and responsibility. And that all comes from his father and the responsibilities of living up to his legacy.

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow is a character whose core is about legacy and responsibility. And that all comes from his father and the responsibilities of living up to his legacy.

Jeff Lemire

I write and draw from the gut. I often don't know what my stories are about until they're done.

I write and draw from the gut. I often don't know what my stories are about until they're done.

Jeff Lemire

Letting a project sit and coming back to it is just as important as working on it all the time. You need to come back to it with fresh eyes.

Letting a project sit and coming back to it is just as important as working on it all the time. You need to come back to it with fresh eyes.

Jeff Lemire

Sometimes, if you have a lot of history with a character and a lot of affection, it's hard for you to do anything with that character. Like with Swamp Thing, for instance, I revere the Alan Moore run so much that it would be hard for me to do my own Swamp Thing. I care too much about the way it was done before.

Jeff Lemire

Everyone finds my work super sad. I never do. I always find it uplifting in a weird way.

Everyone finds my work super sad. I never do. I always find it uplifting in a weird way.

Jeff Lemire

You run the risk, whenever you build your story around a central mystery, of either letting it go too long, or revealing it too soon and then taking the wind out of the sails of the narrative.

You run the risk, whenever you build your story around a central mystery, of either letting it go too long, or revealing it too soon and then taking the wind out of the sails of the narrative.

Jeff Lemire

In general, I feel so much of pop culture is set in the generic big city, particularly comics. I feel like there are so many other stories to tell.

In general, I feel so much of pop culture is set in the generic big city, particularly comics. I feel like there are so many other stories to tell.

Jeff Lemire

It's not hard to look at our own world and draw parallels between 9/11, for example, and how Muslims are viewed or treated by North American culture since then. Just to see the way fear can breed hatred and intolerance for people who aren't the same as us - and that's certainly part of what's at the heart of 'Descender.'

Jeff Lemire

I've found I sometimes have the best success working on characters I didn't really connect to right away.

I've found I sometimes have the best success working on characters I didn't really connect to right away.

Jeff Lemire

I enjoyed my time at DC. Dan Didio, Geoff Johns and Jim Lee were great to me, and I'm very grateful for the opportunities they gave me. Having said that, I think it's important to try new things and work with new people to keep myself fresh.

Jeff Lemire

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