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 More Quotes by Brian K. Vaughan More Quotes From Brian K. Vaughan When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it. Brian K. Vaughan violence use men Once upon a time, each of us was somebody's kid. Everyone had a father, even if he never provided anything more than his seed. Everyone had a mother, even if she had to leave us on a stranger's doorstep. No matter how we're eventually raised, all of our stories begin the exact same way. They all end the same, too. Brian K. Vaughan mother father kids All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do. Brian K. Vaughan sound writing lying Happy endings are bullshit. There are only happy pauses. Brian K. Vaughan pauses happy-endings bullshit I've been fortunate enough to travel to comic conventions in Portugal, France, Canada, and it's an honor to get to meet people from all over the world. Brian K. Vaughan honor people world After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well. Brian K. Vaughan superhero leader writing Doesn't matter if it's personal or professional, a good partnership takes work. Brian K. Vaughan partnership ifs matter The biggest inspiration for everything I do is, of course, my wife, playwright Ruth McKee. Brian K. Vaughan ruth wife inspiration People just want good stories. Brian K. Vaughan stories want people Some people are haunted by their pasts, but not my family. I mean, how can you be haunted by something that never really dies? Brian K. Vaughan mean people past For a lot of arcane shipping reasons, new comics, even digital ones, have a long history of only being released on Wednesdays. Brian K. Vaughan shipping digital long I think some people are just very passionate that things remain the way they were when they were kids. Brian K. Vaughan kids people thinking 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. Brian K. Vaughan stand-by-me childhood girl Comics brought me to the dance. It'll always be my first loyalty. Brian K. Vaughan loyalty firsts After ten years of toiling away in Hollywood, I realized that there's no better place for new ideas than comics. Brian K. Vaughan hollywood years ideas I'm not afraid of the world. I'm afraid of a world without you. Brian K. Vaughan without-you love world It was interesting looking back at the '80s and trying to find newspaper headlines from the time - the cliché of history repeating itself. Brian K. Vaughan history-repeats-itself trying interesting A comic script is basically a love letter from you to your artist. Brian K. Vaughan scripts artist letters Just go out there and get your heart broken in, so it'll be ready when you really need it. Brian K. Vaughan broken heart needs I sort of jumped out of movies and into the lifeboat of comics. I loved it right away. It was the opposite of film school. Whatever was in my imagination could end up in the finished product. There were just no limitations. Brian K. Vaughan imagination opposites school
