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Superman is such an old character. He's an old character with this huge legacy behind him. And one of the awesome things about the fact that he's been around for these decades is that he's gone through these different phases.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: About Around Awesome Been Behind Character Decades Different Fact Gone He Him Huge Legacy Old Phases Superman Things Through

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When I work on my own stuff - and I think this is true for anybody - but when you work on something that you just completely own, you are trying to stay as true to your own storytelling voice as you can.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Anybody Just My Own Own Something Stay Storytelling Stuff Think True Trying Voice Work You Your I Think

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When you work on a pre-existing character, when you end up getting invited to be part of a legacy character like Superman, I don't feel like it would be true to the character if all I did was go in looking to express my own voice.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Be True Character Did End Express Feel Getting Go Invited Legacy Like Looking My Own Own Part Superman True Up Voice Work Would You

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Going from idea to production is a huge hurdle. It took me a while to overcome it. It's basically all about self discipline, right?

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: About Basically Discipline Going Huge Hurdle Idea Me Overcome Production Right Self Took While

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When I first started making comics, I was living with a bunch of guys, old college friends. We had this deal. At the end of each day, they would ask me how far I'd gotten on my comic. And if I hadn't made my goals, they were supposed to make me feel really bad about myself. They happily obliged.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: About Ask Bad Bunch College Comic Comics Day Deal Each Each Day End Far Feel First Friends Goals Gotten Guys Had Happily How How Far Living Made Make Making Me Myself Obliged Old Really Started Supposed Were Would

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Writing, for me, is very inspiration-dependent. And inspiration can be a jerk.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Inspiration Jerk Me Very Writing

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There's something about the intimacy of comics that gives you a false bravado; you don't always consider the consequences.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: About Always Comics Consequences Consider False Gives Intimacy Something You

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When you work with somebody else, you automatically get a mixed voice. You hope it will benefit the story. But you don't know what the result will be.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Automatically Benefit Else Get Hope Know Mixed Result Somebody Story Voice Will Work You

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For 'Boxers and Saints', the tension between Eastern and Western ways of thinking was very personal for me, and I needed to control every aspect.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Aspect Between Boxers Control Eastern Every Me Needed Personal Saints Tension Thinking Very Ways Western

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I grew up in a religious community, and like everyone, I went through a period of doubt and later made a conscious choice to embrace the faith of my childhood.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Childhood Choice Community Conscious Doubt Embrace Everyone Faith Grew Later Like Made Period Religious Through Up

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Writer

Born: August 9th, 1973

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