Understand, my own politics aren't necessarily interchangeable with what any of my characters believe. You could take each of the characters in On the Ropes, and I'd probably be in sympathy with a different one on any given day, depending… — James Vance Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I can name a kind of story that wouldn't work in comics form. It's words and images, and we've been telling… — James Vance Copy Share
But knowing that the world had come full circle to our Depression story didn't change the way we worked on it, or encourage us… — James Vance Copy Share
I've been asked if I'd consider doing Ropes as a straight novel - which is flattering, I suppose - but I can't imagine why… — James Vance Copy Share
If you think of- of the rhetoric of - of modern Democrats, it's often so focused on government that people don't accept - I… — James Vance Copy Share
For all the idealism that propels him through the story, if you read between the lines you may see that at a moment which… — James Vance Copy Share
Understand, my own politics aren't necessarily interchangeable with what any of my characters believe. You could take each of the characters in On the… — James Vance Copy Share
Well, I think it's just remarkable how wrong the conventional wisdom was. It was utterly shocking that Donald Trump won to people who live… — James Vance Copy Share
When the president talks about tax reform, he talks about the people who will benefit. He talks about American jobs. He talks about the… — James Vance Copy Share
There's a certain pressure you put on yourself to use the comics page to full advantage that can focus your mind to a pinpoint,… — James Vance Copy Share
I did a lot of work with early 20th century attitudes, the kind of superficial notions and behavior that prompt people who don't know… — James Vance Copy Share
What a lot of folks feel - and some of the other commenters have mentioned this - is that there isn't a very clear… — James Vance Copy Share
I think that what was genius about the politics of Trump's campaign is that he focused on workers and he focused on jobs. It… — James Vance Copy Share
The idea wasn't to make a direct political statement since the current economic collapse hadn't begun when we started on the book. The parallels… — James Vance Copy Share
My personal beliefs were shaped more by experience and by watching the news when I was young: images of angelic-looking college students in Mississippi… — James Vance Copy Share
The issue that's really, really concerning is that you have eight million prime age men who have dropped out of the labor force, folks… — James Vance Copy Share
