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.
BRIAN K. VAUGHANI’m 40 now, and I have children of my own. Before I forget my own childhood completely, I want to take some time to take a look at the ’80s and think back.
More Brian K. Vaughan Quotes
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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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I remember seeing Stand by Me, when I was around 12, and just feeling like, “This is so refreshing to see kids swear and smoke cigarettes like my friends.” It just felt much more real than the Sesame Street version of childhood that I’d been spoon-fed.
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Fans of my books have just been supremely nice.
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Immigration confuses and terrifies me, so why not try to write a comic and make some sense of it?
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After 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.
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Yeah, that’s right. Flee in terror, bitches!
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It was interesting looking back at the ’80s and trying to find newspaper headlines from the time – the cliché of history repeating itself.
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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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Pacifists are like vegans, I’m more of a vegetarian. I enjoy fish and occasional maulings.
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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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Every issue, the characters and I duke it out. They usually win.
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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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The appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You’re only limited by your imagination.
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No. No, first comes boyhood. You get to play with soldiers and spacemen, cowboys and ninjas, pirates and robots. But before you know it, all that comes to an end. And then, Remo Williams, is when the adventure begins.
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I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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