I think that, for me, Superman just seemed to make a lot of sense to me. After doing 'Watchmen,' it was - you know that thing, you've got to know the rules before you can break them? There was something about that in making 'Watchmen.'
The Way of Mastery is to break all the rules—but you have to know them perfectly before you can do this; otherwise you are not in a position to transcend them.
The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.
People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place.
I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.
I never understood what rules I was supposed to learn, and what rules I was supposed to break
I have to understand the rules here in England.
Gotta know the rules to break the rules.
You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.