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42 quotes by Brian K. Vaughan

Brian K. Vaughan (born 1976) is an American comic book and television writer, best known for the comic book series Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, Pride of Baghdad, and Saga. Vaughan was a writer, story editor and producer of the television series Lost during seasons three through five. He was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the fourth season. The...
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Comics brought me to the dance. It'll always be my first loyalty.

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I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

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That was the appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You're only limited by your imagination.

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In film, you have the luxury of accomplishing what you need in 24 frames every second. Comics, you only have five or six panels a page to do that.

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All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.

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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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Having children changes you forever, as a writer and as a human being. I hope it's for the better on both counts, but I guess we'll see.

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I guess my journey with comics began with stuff like Spider-Man and Batman. I started off with mainstream superhero stuff, which I've never... →

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I like animal sidekicks. They seem to be a pretty cool trope of post-apocalyptic fiction - just because if you're going to have this lone... →

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I never want readers to be comfortable, to feel like we're in a comedy or a drama. Life is never just one of those things. Life is a balance of... →

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When I wrote 'Runaways,' I was a naive kid who thought that all parents were evil. Now that I'm a wise old man with children of my own, I... →

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I'm totally open to it being a movie or a television series or whatever, but truthfully, if no one wants to do it right, I'm also happy for... →

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The biggest inspiration for everything I do is, of course, my wife, playwright Ruth McKee.

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