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. VAUGHANA comic script is basically a love letter from you to your artist.
More Brian K. Vaughan Quotes
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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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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 know I’m a grumpy old man, but I’m always more delighted by readers talking about the actual comics than people talking about how eager they are to have their favorite comics be “elevated” into another medium.
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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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Adaptations are great, but for me, comics have always been the destination, not a stepping-stone to get somewhere else.
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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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A comic script is basically a love letter from you to your artist.
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I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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I mean, do you know what you get when you call a suicide hotline in New York city? A busy signal. Literally.
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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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There’s just something about that late ’80s that suddenly feels like it has something to teach us.
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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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Every issue, the characters and I duke it out. They usually win.
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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.
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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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