That was the appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You’re only limited by your imagination.
BRIAN K. VAUGHANFans of my books have just been supremely nice.
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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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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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Pacifists are like vegans, I’m more of a vegetarian. I enjoy fish and occasional maulings.
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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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My mom once told me that a good relationship isn’t where the other person makes you feel better, but where they make *you* better.
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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 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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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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I think some people are just very passionate that things remain the way they were when they were kids.
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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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I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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I like being around teenagers. It’s good for drama; they feel everything much more intensely than adults do, their lives are much more interesting than ours. They’re mutants. They have these weird bodies that are rebelling against them and changing every day. Teenagers always equal good drama.
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Fans of my books have just been supremely nice.
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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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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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