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Brian K. Vaughan 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, Saga, and, most recently, Paper Girls.

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 writing staff was nominated for the award again at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the fifth season. He was formerly the showrunner and executive producer of the TV series Under the Dome.Wired describes Vaughan's comics work as "quirky, acclaimed stories that don't pander and still pound pulses". His creator-owned comics work is also characterized by "finite, meticulous, years-long story arcs", on which Vaughan comments, "That's storytelling, with a beginning, a middle, and an end. Something like Spider-Man, a book that never has a third act, that seems crazy." Erik Malinowski, also of Wired, has called Vaughan "the greatest comic book visionary of the last five years", comparing him to Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Paul Pope, and Steve Niles, and praised his addition to the TV series Lost as redeeming that series' third season.For his writing, Vaughan has won 14 Eisner Awards, 14 Harvey Awards, as well as a Hugo Award. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. July 1976  •  Other names בריאן ק. ווהאן, 브라이언 K. 본, ブライアン・K・ヴォーン
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Famous Brian K. Vaughan Quotes

“You'll never understand the way the worlds really work until you surround yourself with people from all sorts of weird backgrounds.”

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Saga, Vol. 6

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

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Saga, Vol. 3

“If there's an opposite of a honeymoon, it's the week after a couple's first child is born.”

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Saga, Vol. 1

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

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned

“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

Source: Saga, Vol. 1

“Sure, this will probably end up being another in a long line of emotionally crippling misadventures… but let's try to have some fun along the way.”

Brian K. Vaughan

Brian K. Vaughan Quotes about thinking

“Some parents let their young kids win at games, but mine never did.

I don't think it was because they were particularly competitive, they just wanted to teach me a valuable lesson.

Life is mostly just learning how to lose.”

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Saga, Vol. 3

“Anyone who thinks one book has all the answers hasn't read enough books.”

Brian K. Vaughan

Variant: ... anyone who thinks one book has all the answers hasn't read enough books.
Source: Saga, Vol. 6

“I think it was born out of that grade school fantasy that a lot of nerds like me had, which was "I could probably get the cute red-headed girl that sits across from me, if only every other boy in the entire school dies."”

Brian K. Vaughan

TALKING "Y" WITH BKV: THE BRIAN K. VAUGHN INTERVIEW conducted by Nolan Reese May 21, 2003

“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

Ain't It Cool News interview

Brian K. Vaughan Quotes

“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

Source: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future for You

“How is it possible that our parents lied to us?"

"Lets see: Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter bunny, um, God. You're the prettiest kid in school. This wont hurt a bit. Your face will freeze like that…"

"Everythings going to be alright.”

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride and Joy

“But nothing warps time quite like childhood”

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Saga, Vol. 3

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

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Saga, Vol. 1

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

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book Five

“Happy endings are bullshit. There are only happy pauses.”

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Ex Machina, Vol. 10: Term Limits

“What kind of assholes bring a kid into worlds like these?”

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Saga, Vol. 1

“Readers love fantasy, but we need horror. Smart horror. Truthful horror. Horror that helps us make sense of a cruelly senseless world.”

Brian K. Vaughan

“My mom once told me that a good relationship isn't where the other person makes you feel better, but where they make *you* better.”

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores

“Every relationship is an education. Each new person we welcome into our hearts is a chance to evolve into something radically different than we used to be. But what happens when those people disappear from our lives?”

Brian K. Vaughan

Source: Saga #30

“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

Source: Saga, Vol. 7

“I really like Colossus, actually, especially because only Ultimate writers get to use him. Eat it, Whedon!”

Brian K. Vaughan

Interview http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10193

“"Writer's block" is just another word for video games. If you want to be a writer, get writing, you lazy bastards.”

Brian K. Vaughan

MySpace blog, 09 April 2007

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

Brian K. Vaughan

Ain't It Cool News interview

“I'm the one who started spreading that particular factoid, about Bendis, Azz and me all being bald Brian's from Cleveland, just to get my name mentioned in the same sentence as two much-better writers, and it's worked like a goddamn charm. Next up, I'm going to grow a big, disgusting beard, just so people will start talking about Alan Moore and me in the same breath.”

Brian K. Vaughan

Ain't It Cool News interview http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17832

“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

DC Comics interview http://www.dccomics.com/features/vertigox/vaughan.html

“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

Comic Book Resources interview http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11765

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

Brian K. Vaughan

Ain't It Cool News interview

“Comics are essentially films with fewer frames per second.”

Brian K. Vaughan

TALKING "Y" WITH BKV: THE BRIAN K. VAUGHN INTERVIEW conducted by Nolan Reese May 21, 2003 http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/interviews/18.html

“The man is a complete wackadoo, but so is every great actor who ever lived. You gotta separate the artist from his/her art, or you won't be able to enjoy anything.”

Brian K. Vaughan

“It's about how boys become men — and why it takes women to make that transformation possible.”

Brian K. Vaughan

In an Entertainment Weekly http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20174782_4,00.html article, about the main theme of Y: the Last Man

“I, for example, am a pompous asshole, but my comics are genius!”

Brian K. Vaughan

BKV on War of the Worlds http://www.bkv.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3002

“But Cruise is really good!”

Brian K. Vaughan

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

Brian K. Vaughan

Ain't It Cool News interview

“Your own creations are your own children; you gave life to them, so you’ll always have, if not more passion to them, more connections to them.”

Brian K. Vaughan

TALKING "Y" WITH BKV: THE BRIAN K. VAUGHN INTERVIEW conducted by Nolan Reese May 21, 2003

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