Paul Dini : (6) " There’s a sort of eternal, indefinable 20th century quality to ‘BTAS.’ We never really pegged the decade, but it’s anytime in the 20th century, so I often harkened back to things from the ’40s or ’50s. " - Paul Dini " I take inspirations from newspaper strip cartoonists who look for ways of expanding their characters’ worlds once they have established the initial concept of their strips. " - Paul Dini " Hugo Strange is interesting in the sense that he’s a master manipulator. He doesn’t really engage Batman in any sort of physical way. His weapon is his mind, and he’s very incisive and clever: he reads people and sizes them up almost instantly. " - Paul Dini " What makes Batman and what makes other superheroes work is the myth that when life is at its lowest, and when you need a hero, a hero swings down and helps you. " - Paul Dini " Bruce Wayne needs a sense of humor to do his job. Batman, for a very long time, was going to a very dark place. " - Paul Dini " You have to remember, when someone hurts you, that you are so much more than what they took from you. " - Paul Dini