Top 140 Brian K. Vaughan Quotes (2025 Update)

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

2. “You have to be brave before you can be good.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

3. “People just want good stories.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

4. “It doesn’t take a village to raise children; it takes a whole galaxy – former friends, random acquaintances, complete strangers... even other children.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

5. “It doesn’t matter who started it or what it’s really about... war usually ends up sucking most for women. Even when we’re not fighting the battles ourselves, we somehow always end up with the lion’s share of the suffering.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

6. “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

7. “You remind me of my late sister, little one. As I once told her, the headstrong may win many battles... but only the strong of heart will survive the war.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

8. “Print and digital comics will always coexist.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

9. “Never worry what other people think of you, because no one ever thinks of you.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

10. “In the beginning, love is mostly about lying to each other. It’s like that in the end, too.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

11. “As they emerge, the creatures beneath those fragile shells begin to understand that they possess more agency than they ever dreamed.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

12. “Sooner or later, every last echo fades. Even the loudest thunder in the deepest valley.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

13. “If a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, then a family is more like a rope. We’re lots of fragile little strands, and we survive by becoming hopelessly intertwined with each other.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

14. “I mean, when the British burned down the White House in the war of 1812, did we plant a “Tree of Remembrance” in the ashes, or did we get busy rebuilding?”

— Brian K. Vaughan

15. “Life is mostly just learning how to lose.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

17. “There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children’s book and the board game.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

18. “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

19. “There are two kinds of people left in the world, consumers and destroyers. We used to have creators, but they all ran away.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

21. “Violence is stupid. Even as a last resort, it only ever begets more of the same.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

22. “The only action that has vaster repercussions for the universe than making a life is TAKING one... which is why I’ll never understand why most people put so little foresight into doing either.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

23. “Just go out there and get your heart broken in, so it’ll be ready when you really need it.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

24. “Belay that fuckery.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

25. “When a man carries an instrument of violence, he’ll always find the justification to use it.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

26. “My parents grew up during the space race, and I think they imagined the future would be us living on moon bases and everyone has rocket shoes.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

27. “But nothing warps time quite like childhood.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

28. “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

29. “When I was in college, I was belittling the woman who later become my wife for not knowing who Boba Fett was, and she responded by asking me if I knew who the Prime Minister of Israel was. Surprisingly? Not Mon Mothma.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

30. “Reef aquariums are definitely the pinnacle of the hobby.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

31. “I’ve never gotten anything but support and thanks from people for having diverse books.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

32. “I have no imagination; I just steal from life and change the color. Then it’s a comic book.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

33. “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

34. “When a man carries an instrument of violence, he’ll always find the justification to use it. If we really want to escape this war, we have to stop bringing it with us.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

35. “If a good editor will let me tell my story with the right artist, I’m happy.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

36. “There’s an old saying, Zill. Freedom can’t be given, only earned.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

37. “No, only villains try to change the whole world. The rest of us take it one person at a time.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

38. “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

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

40. “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

41. “Okay, is anyone else worried that some of the fruit didn’t fall far enough away from the tree?”

— Brian K. Vaughan

42. “There are a lot of differing opinions on that. Some people think you should change out more, but I think changing just 20 percent is less stressful on the aquarium and fish. Once you get used to the regimen, it’s pretty easy.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

43. “The more you care about someone, the more likely it is that your eventual parting of ways will be as sudden as it is baffling.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

44. “I just make crap up more than anything else.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

46. “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

47. “Anticipation and dread aren’t opposites, just different versions of the same game. Both involve knowing that something is going to happen, but not knowing when. And whether you end up winning or losing, you at least get to reach a conclusion. There’s always some comfort in that.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

48. “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

49. “Relax, Klara, you can finish your one-woman book club as soon as somebody gets home.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

50. “Because it’s in and about New York City, I knew ‘Ex Machina’ was going to have to continually mix the mundane and the fantastic.”

— Brian K. Vaughan