I’ve always thought of fantasy as a genre of best-case scenarios, and horror as a genre of worst-case scenarios.
BRIAN K. VAUGHANTo 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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Some people are haunted by their pasts, but not my family. I mean, how can you be haunted by something that never really dies?
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I’m still digesting the ’90s. It takes some time to get perspective.
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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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I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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I’m the one who started spreading that particular factoid, about Bendis, Azz and me all being bald Brian’s from Cleveland, just to get my name mentioned in the same sentence as two much-better writers, and it’s worked like a goddamn charm.
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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.
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I think some people are just very passionate that things remain the way they were when they were kids.
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Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of ‘Star Wars.’
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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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Doesn’t matter if it’s personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.
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I like things that are weirdly imaginative and couldn’t be real, but I also like stories that are recognizable and relatable.
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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 don’t start a story until I know where it’s going to end.
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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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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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