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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.

Brian K. Vaughan

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. VAUGHAN

Knowing Life Stand True
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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Adventure Cowboy Play
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

Eventually Everyone Same Strangers
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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Internet Privacy Thinking
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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Childhood Friend Kids Real Refresh
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.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Hands Thinking Writing
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. VAUGHAN

Breathe Disgusting Next People Same
Every issue, the characters and I duke it out. They usually win.
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Character Issues Winning
Yeah, that’s right. Flee in terror, bitches!
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Bichest Terror Yeah
Victor: You guys have some kind of rallying cry? You know, “Avengers assemble?” “It’s clobberin’ time?” “Hulk smash?” Nico: “Try not to die.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Cry Guy Rallying Trying
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.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Leader Superhero Writing
If a good editor will let me tell my story with the right artist, I’m happy.
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

Artists Editors Stories
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
Fans of my books have just been supremely nice.
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Book Fan Nice
I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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Afraid Love Without World
The appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You’re only limited by your imagination.
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Comics Imagination Limited

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