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. VAUGHANI think some people are just very passionate that things remain the way they were when they were kids.
More Brian K. Vaughan Quotes
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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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To try and imagine that I’m another person is always going to be hard – whether I’m writing about a truck driver or someone who is gay, who’s trans, who is of a different ethnicity or creed. But it would be boring if I always had to write about myself and my limited viewpoint.
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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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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.
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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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I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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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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Life is mostly just learning how to lose.
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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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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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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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Fans of my books have just been supremely nice.
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Doesn’t matter if it’s personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.
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Every issue, the characters and I duke it out. They usually win.
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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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