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 More Quotes by Brian K. Vaughan More Quotes From Brian K. Vaughan 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. Brian K. Vaughan good-relationship feel-better mom I have no imagination; I just steal from life and change the color. Then it's a comic book. Brian K. Vaughan color imagination book Sure, this will probably end up being another in a long line of emotionally crippling misadventures...but let's try to have some fun along the way. Brian K. Vaughan fun trying long 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. Brian K. Vaughan ethnicity gay writing Every issue, the characters and I duke it out. They usually win. Brian K. Vaughan issues winning character That was the appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You're only limited by your imagination. Brian K. Vaughan budgets imagination 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 suicide new-york mean I like things that are weirdly imaginative and couldn't be real, but I also like stories that are recognizable and relatable. Brian K. Vaughan imaginative real stories How is it possible that our parents lied to us?" "Lets see: Santa, the Tooth Fairy,the Easter bunny,um, God. You're the prettiest kid in school. This wont hurt a bit. Your face will freeze like that..." "Everythings going to be alright. Brian K. Vaughan easter hurt school Comics are essentially films with fewer frames per second. Brian K. Vaughan fewer film What cruel creatures men are. Our bodies tell us to love so many, but there's room in our hearts for so few. Brian K. Vaughan body heart men I realized that for fantasy and science fiction, especially from my youth, white was the default. Luke Skywalker was in the lead, or even if you were a hobbit, you're going to be white. That was an extremely old-fashioned, obviously really narrow-minded way to look at things. Brian K. Vaughan white looks fiction I'm really happiest living life 22 pages at a time and putting things in little boxes on pages. Brian K. Vaughan live-life pages littles Life is mostly just learning how to lose. Brian K. Vaughan loses life-is Violence is stupid. Even as a last resort, it only ever begets more of the same. Brian K. Vaughan lasts violence stupid Immigration confuses and terrifies me, so why not try to write a comic and make some sense of it? Brian K. Vaughan immigration writing trying They hurt you. You hurt 'em back. Or maybe it is the other way around. Whatever. Someday you might find a way to forgive each other. But it won't be like it used to 'cause that pain never really goes away. Brian K. Vaughan forgiving pain hurt I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help. Brian K. Vaughan confused self writing You'd never be able to convince someone to give you money to do a bilingual story where you're not translating half of it - you'd drive people crazy. But in comics, you can do whatever your heart desires. Brian K. Vaughan crazy heart people I've never gotten anything but support and thanks from people for having diverse books. Brian K. Vaughan support book people
