Brian K. Vaughan Quotes

In a lot of places, of course, the '80s had never really come to an end.

I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music, but actually a lot of kids know the music, and if anything is left, we have left really good music, and that's the important part, not the mop-tops or whatever.

I'm from the '80s, man. I got ideas; that's what we do.

The '90s were indeed a great time to be alive. There was a sense of optimism that I never felt before that decade and I haven't felt since.

The '80s was wild compared to my real small childhood, which was late '70s.

For me, the '80s were like the drawing by Botticelli of the nine rings of hell.

I grew up in the '70s and '80s, at a time that I'd argue was the absolute golden age of American popular culture. Because not only did we have all of the fantastic new stuff in print and on screens, but we had a constant supply of everything that came before, as well.

You never know how things will last, if they will last, and how people will use them in the future. It was a fun movie for young people at the time in the 80s; but it struck a cord with people and it has lasted so I'm very proud of being a part of that.

In 1962 I was 17, so I was definitely watching the dance shows on television.

Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.

There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great.

Remember when Japan was cool? We used to run around with 'Mr. Roboto' on our Walkmans, 'The Karate Kid' in our Betamaxes and wore T-shirts embossed with the characters for 'storm sewer' and 'dishwasher.'

It's interesting because a lot of my 16-year-old kids' friends know me from 'Wedding Crashers,' and not so much Bond. My kids have a good laugh. I was 20 then. The look I had then was the look that a lot of their friends are assuming now. They think it's cool. What goes around comes around.

I was probably cool around the end of 2002.

Teens in the '90s had the same basic desires as they do now.

Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation.

But trust me, if I lived in the '80s, I would definitely be the one going to the record stores.

I watched 'I Love the '80s' on VH1.

My older sister was at the cusp of new wave, and I had older brothers from my father's first marriage who were rock 'n' roll guys, so I was exposed to a lot of popular culture.

When I was a kid, I was trendier. I'd wear anything. I was in love beads and platforms.

I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture.

I was an MTV guy back in the day.

I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.

I am part of this generation with 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Peter Pan.' I think we all grew up in this culture of pirates.

We were the first generation of rock & roll, but life goes on.