I grew up on the crime stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, and noir movies like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I first showed up in New York to write comics back in the late 1970s, I came with a bunch of crime stories but everybody just wanted men in tights. – Frank Miller
The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. Hes dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that hes a hero the whole time. – Frank Miller
Im a spoilt brat. I thought I was just going to walk in and make movies. But Id been my own boss for so long that all of a sudden to be facing a roomful of people who were niggling over every little scene… I just thought Id go back and draw my comics and have a happy life. – Frank Miller
Comics are so full of amazing work. And I cant look at a drawing of a woman without thinking of, for instance, Wallace Wood and his amazing way of capturing beauty. – Frank Miller