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Everyone had a mother, even if she had to leave us on a stranger’s doorstep. No matter how we’re eventually raised, all of our stories begin the exact same way. They all end the same, too.

Brian K. Vaughan

I mean, do you know what you get when you call a suicide hotline in New York city? A busy signal. Literally.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Country Mean People Suicide
I genuinely am sort of an emotionally stunted man-child, so if I just write to the top of my intelligence, it sounds like a teenager.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Drama Teenager Writing
Immigration confuses and terrifies me, so why not try to write a comic and make some sense of it?
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Immigration Trying Writing
I’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.
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Before Children Forty Now Think
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.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Artist Giving Writing
I write the book for one person – for Fiona [Staples, the artist]. I spend a lot of time just thinking how she’ll react to things and manipulating her into drawing perverse, horrific things. It’s a really weird job but I enjoy it.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Books Jobs Manipulate Thinking Writing
Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of ‘Star Wars.’
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Fiction Stars Stories War
Life is mostly just learning how to lose.
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Life Loses Misty
I’m still digesting the ’90s. It takes some time to get perspective.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Perspective Stills
We describe [Paper Girls] as Stand By Me meets Terminator.It’s a story about nostalgia and childhood, but with an action-packed, sci-fi bent.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Childhood Girl Stand
I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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Afraid Love Without World
It was interesting looking back at the ’80s and trying to find newspaper headlines from the time – the cliché of history repeating itself.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

History Interesting Itself Repeats Trying
After ten years of toiling away in Hollywood, I realized that there’s no better place for new ideas than comics.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Hollywood Ideas Years
Doesn’t matter if it’s personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Good Matter Partnership
What cruel creatures men are. Our bodies tell us to love so many, but there’s room in our hearts for so few.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Body Heart Men
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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Easter Hurt School

Everyone had a mother, even if she had to leave us on a stranger’s doorstep. No matter how we’re eventually raised, all of our stories begin the exact same way. They all end the same, too.

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Everyone had a mother, even if she had to leave us on a stranger’s doorstep. No matter how we’re eventually raised, all of our stories begin the exact same way. They all end the same, too.

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