I was embarrassingly well-versed in Marvel lore, so it was pretty easy to slip into that world. But really, already, by the time I'd started writing superhero comics, my dream was really to be writing my own characters. Brian K. Vaughan More Quotes by Brian K. Vaughan More Quotes From Brian K. Vaughan But nothing warps time quite like childhood Brian K. Vaughan warp childhood Each collected edition of Paper Girls that we put out will largely be set in an entirely different era. Brian K. Vaughan girl different paper I write the book for one person — for Fiona [Staples, the artist]. I spend a lot of time just thinking how she'll react to things and manipulating her into drawing perverse, horrific things. It's a really weird job but I enjoy it. Brian K. Vaughan writing jobs book I don't start a story until I know where it's going to end. Brian K. Vaughan comic-book ends stories There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children's book and the board game. Brian K. Vaughan book children art 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 girl paper book Fans of my books have just been supremely nice. Brian K. Vaughan fans nice book I've always thought of fantasy as a genre of best-case scenarios, and horror as a genre of worst-case scenarios. Brian K. Vaughan worst-case-scenario fantasy horror 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. 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 names talking two 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. Since I'm a horrific artist, I wouldn't want them to anyway. So I definitely give them a lot more leeway now than I did at the beginning. Brian K. Vaughan artist writing giving If a good editor will let me tell my story with the right artist, I'm happy. Brian K. Vaughan editors artist stories Well, I always talk about how I used to work at an insane asylum and stuff, which is true, but to be honest, I just make crap up more than anything else. Brian K. Vaughan crap It's TV shows like 'Buffy' and 'Angel' that usually have an incredible cliffhanger every commercial break that amaze me. Brian K. Vaughan tv-shows tvs angel 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 writing hands thinking Brubaker and Phillipss books have always been about eight years ahead of their time. Brian K. Vaughan eight book years 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 cowboy play adventure I grew up with a sister I was very close with and a mom who was a powerful influence on my life. I was always close with women. Brian K. Vaughan influence powerful mom The appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You're only limited by your imagination. Brian K. Vaughan imagination There's a lot of dark stuff from the '80s that we don't think about. Brian K. Vaughan dark stuff thinking There's a lot of fiction from that period that we're nostalgic for. Brian K. Vaughan nostalgic periods fiction
