• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

There’s just something about that late ’80s that suddenly feels like it has something to teach us.

Brian K. Vaughan

Related Topics

FeelsLateTeach

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Prevoius|

More Brian K. Vaughan Quotes

• 

  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.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  ArtistGivingWriting
• 

  I grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland in 1988 and there was just one year where suddenly all of the delivery kids that used to be boys were suddenly girls. It happened at our church too. Altar boys were suddenly altar girls.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  BoysGirlHappenKidsSuddenly
• 

  I’m still digesting the ’90s. It takes some time to get perspective.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  PerspectiveStills
• 

  Every issue, the characters and I duke it out. They usually win.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  CharacterIssuesWinning
• 

  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.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  ChildhoodFriendKidsRealRefresh
• 

  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.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  BookGirlPaper
• 

  I mean, do you know what you get when you call a suicide hotline in New York city? A busy signal. Literally.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  CountryMeanPeopleSuicide
• 

  I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  AfraidLoveWithoutWorld
• 

  Doesn’t matter if it’s personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  GoodMatterPartnership
• 

  I think some people are just very passionate that things remain the way they were when they were kids.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  KidsPeopleThinking
• 

  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.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  AdventureCowboyPlay
• 

  Fans of my books have just been supremely nice.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  BookFanNice
• 

  Life is mostly just learning how to lose.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  LifeLosesMisty
• 

  I don’t start a story until I know where it’s going to end.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  BookComicEndsStories
• 

  There’s just something about that late ’80s that suddenly feels like it has something to teach us.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  FeelsLateTeach
• 

  Adaptations are great, but for me, comics have always been the destination, not a stepping-stone to get somewhere else.

  BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
  AdaptationComicsDestinationGreatStepping