Top 140 Brian K. Vaughan Quotes (2024 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. “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

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. “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

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

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

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9. “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

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

11. “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

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

13. “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

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

15. “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

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

17. “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

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

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

22. “Belay that fuckery.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

23. “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.”

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

27. “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

28. “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

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

31. “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

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

33. “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

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

35. “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

36. “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

37. “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

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

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

40. “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

41. “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

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

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

— Brian K. Vaughan

44. “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

45. “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

46. “Yeah, that’s right. Flee in terror, bitches!”

— Brian K. Vaughan

47. “It’s TV shows like BUFFY and ANGEL that usually have an incredible cliffhanger every commercial break that amaze me.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

48. “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

49. “So what? He’s good to you and Hazel now, isn’t he? Who cares if he’s got history with some other broad?”

— Brian K. Vaughan

50. “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