Life is mostly just learning how to lose.
BRIAN K. VAUGHANI don’t start a story until I know where it’s going to end.
More Brian K. Vaughan Quotes
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We’ve all seen lots of stories about a young protagonist having adventures, and usually they’re all boys, [and] there is sometimes a token female, or two.
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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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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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Yeah, that’s right. Flee in terror, bitches!
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I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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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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If a good editor will let me tell my story with the right artist, I’m happy.
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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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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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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 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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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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The appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You’re only limited by your imagination.
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Fans of my books have just been supremely nice.
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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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