These are the young women [in Stand by Me] that we grew up knowing and hopefully they feel a little rough around the edges, because it’s true to life.
BRIAN K. VAUGHANAfter 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.
More Brian K. Vaughan Quotes
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Yeah, that’s right. Flee in terror, bitches!
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My mom once told me that a good relationship isn’t where the other person makes you feel better, but where they make *you* better.
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I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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That was the appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You’re only limited by your imagination.
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After ten years of toiling away in Hollywood, I realized that there’s no better place for new ideas than comics.
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The longer I’ve been writing scripts, the more I find that you have to give the artist more leeway or else you’ll just be disappointed. You can’t force them to draw every image that’s in your head.
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Next up, I’m going to grow a big, disgusting beard, just so people will start talking about Alan Moore and me in the same breath.
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I think there is a possible future where maybe we do just take a hard turn away from the Internet and we do start valuing our privacy again.
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Not a word of my writing has ever been changed by another person’s hands, and I don’t think many screenwriters can say that.
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How is it possible that our parents lied to us?” “Lets see: Santa, the Tooth Fairy,the Easter bunny,um, God. You’re the prettiest kid in school. This wont hurt a bit. Your face will freeze like that…” “Everythings going to be alright.
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I love that the book [Paper Girls ] gets to kind of evolve and change in each era. Our third storyline is our best so far.
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Fans of my books have just been supremely nice.
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What cruel creatures men are. Our bodies tell us to love so many, but there’s room in our hearts for so few.
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The appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You’re only limited by your imagination.
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If a good editor will let me tell my story with the right artist, I’m happy.
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