With a rasping cough, the vampire shakes its head. "It was you who called us. All of you, with your war. The roar of your cannons shook us from our quiet graves.

But if there must be an end, let it be loud. Let it be bloody. Better to burn than to wither away in the dark.

Lady, I was gonna cut you some slack, 'cause you're a major mythological figure...but now you've just gone nuts!

Don't mess with me, lady. I've been drinking with skeletons.

I don't do anything for Halloween. I carry Halloween inside of me.

I wish I could say I had any idea what I was doing when I designed characters. I just take things I like and make my version of it.

Hellboy was entirely the comic I wish someone much more talented than I was doing, because I would have been a huge fan of that comic. But nobody was doing it, so it fell to me to do it.

No rain but thunder, and the sound of giants.

Okay, I know I said I wasn't going to shake things up, but we're going to have to get some pants on this one.

Well, yeah, you listen to a talking snake and there's gonna be trouble.

I did not say it was true, only that I believe it.

I am proud of (knowing) who I am.

I'm standing in a slaughterhouse where the cattle are begging to become hamburgers. I have a right to be jumpy.

Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving.

A heart makes a good home for the friend.

Would you rather be right or free?

I'd never even looked at a pair of skis. I didn't even realise the boots were separate. I thought it was one whole thing.

Drifting, without aim or purpose, is the first cause of failure.

When bond prices fall, interest rates soar, with painful consequences for all borrowers.

I took a learjet to cop some lipstick Yeah Imma risk it I'm optimistic

Not everybody is comfortable with my ethnicity. When I first came along in the business, they didnt really like the idea of my name being Raquel.