“The goal with 'Alpha' was to run towards the cliches and then to break...” — Greg Rucka Quote

“The goal with 'Alpha' was to run towards the cliches and then to break through them, and that doesn't change depending on the medium.”

“You know how a nonlethal weapon is supposed to work? A nonlethal weapon works on the basis of three things: It needs to deter, and that's normally done through pain, and that pain creates a byproduct, which is fear.”

“My college senior thesis was going to be on the American private investigator.”

“To me, the joy you're going to get in a 'Punisher' story is watching him punish incredibly wicked people. Now, if you can add to that an emotional content, wonderful.”

“If Portland can truly have a true comics show that doesn't become a media show but retains its focus on comics, I think it's going to serve the city well. If this becomes a big show, it's going to bring in a lot of money for the city.”

“Character is made up of a variety of different things. One of those elements is gender.”

“I often wonder if my relationships don't work out because I am the more Alpha one and the focus is on me and men don't like that.”

“Guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. With the primal urge to be alpha comes extreme heartbreak. The harder we fight, the harder we fall.”

“Before I came out to Alpha Male, it was at the point I was starting to lose and I didn't think I was fighting that well and I was considering hanging it up. I was thinking maybe I didn't have it in me any more.”

“When you think about little league football, high school, and even on to college even more so, you're dealing with a lot of guys that are prideful, that think they're the best - a lot of alpha males. So, typically, you've got to have a guy that can control those guys, and, when he talks, they know he means business. He's a serious guy.”

“It's never occurred to me - and I don't know what right mixture of upbringing this was - that my opinion wasn't as important as the alpha males or that I shouldn't try or that I wasn't the funniest one in the room.”