"I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin."

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"I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin."

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"There are a couple of things in there if we're constraining this discussion to horror here."

Horror

"They've got this house style which is writer driven. I heard of one person who sent his script in, and Karen Berger said there weren't enough words in it. Put some more in."

Style

"I came in on the decline. Phil Elliot was in first, he got his book out, he sold thirteen thousand, I think he got two issues out before I got mine in, this was March '87. He was out in December '86."

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"I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin."

Argument

"Dave Sim said in his latest thing of his, 'when you're on the right track, you'll know it, but until you get there, you have to believe you're on the right track'. Interesting little conundrum. It's not easy."

Creativity

"He would still see it as his duty to shut up and get on with it, not cause any trouble. In our own time we've made a hero of the rebel, and it's more heroic to speak up."

Time

"We could hang around for ten years and nobody would care enough to identify us. Therein lies the horror."

Care

"You had to make an appointment to see her. But it was just a crazy spectacle, people filing past."

People

"I'm just drawing it now. It's totally revolting. I'm sure you'll love it."

Love

"It's business, selling comics, you work out what sells and you don't want to muck about with it too much."

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