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Brian K. Vaughan is an American writer renowned for his work in comics, novels, and television. Born in 1976, he is praised for his ability to craft complex storylines and profound character development. Vaughan's work spans a variety of styles and themes, from science fiction to fantasy, and from superhero to realism.

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“The advice to "kill your darlings" has been attributed to various authors across the various galaxies... and Mister Heist hated them all. Why teach young writers to edit out whatever it is they feel most passionate about? Better to kill everything in their writing they DON'T love as much. Until only the darlings remain.”

Writing Compassion Sad Individuality Kill Your Darlings Break The 4th Wall

Book:Saga, Volume 3

Source: Saga, Volume 3

“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.”

Thinking Writing Persons Hands Changed Screenwriters

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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.”

Writing Lying Sound Making Up

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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.”

Writing Self Helping Form Self Help Angry Confused Make Me Angry

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“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.”

Way Writing Wells Wanted Political Sides Leader Identity Genre Theme Superhero Spectrum Political Spectrum

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“Immigration confuses and terrifies me, so why not try to write a comic and make some sense of it?”

Writing Trying Immigration Comic Why Not

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“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.”

Ifs Writing Trying Persons Different Hard Would Be Imagine Gay Boring Drivers Imagine That Creeds Truck Trans Viewpoints Ethnicity Truck Driver

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“The longer I've been writing scripts, the more I find that you have to give the artist more leeway or else you'll just be disappointed. You can't force them to draw every image that's in your head. Since I'm a horrific artist, I wouldn't want them to anyway. So I definitely give them a lot more leeway now than I did at the beginning.”

Giving Writing Artist Disappointed Horrific

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“I think a lot of creators are attracted to those toys they got to play with when they were young, and everyone wants to write a Superman story or a Batman story or a Spider-Man story. I don't know, if it's been successful for me, it should be successful for anyone. "Hit the ground with your feet running" is the secret of breaking new characters when it seems like no one else is having any luck.”

Thinking Writing Character Running Secret Successful Luck Being Successful

Author:Brian K. Vaughan

“I genuinely am sort of an emotionally stunted man-child, so if I just write to the top of my intelligence, it sounds like a teenager. I like being around teenagers. It's good for drama; they feel everything much more intensely than adults do, their lives are much more interesting than ours. They're mutants. They have these weird bodies that are rebelling against them and changing every day. Teenagers always equal good drama.”

Writing Interesting Drama Equal Teenager

Author:Brian K. Vaughan

“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.”

Thinking Writing Persons Book Jobs Artist Enjoy Drawing Horrific Really Weird Staples

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Born: 1976
Known for: Writer
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