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title: "2 Comics Really Quotes By Ed Brubaker"
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> [I had done a couple TV pilots, and a friend of mine wanted to leave comics and come work in Hollywood, and I said, "Well, you've got to understand that when you sell a TV pilot, imagine if you turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/i-had-done-a-couple-tv-pilots-and-a-friend-of-mine-wanted-to-leave/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

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> [With comics, you can only really learn what you're doing wrong or what works best when you see your work published. I've been publishing comics since my 20s, and still, when I flip through any of my new comics, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/with-comics-you-can-only-really-learn-what-you-re-doing-wrong-or-what/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/ed-brubaker-32261_done_with-comics-you-can-only-really-learn-wh_1389929.jpg)

## More by Ed Brubaker

> [The political vibe of late-'40s Hollywood through the mid-'50s is something we're seeing a lot of echoes of right now, and in a scary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/the-political-vibe-of-late-40s-hollywood-through-the-mid-50s-is/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [“Bucky did the things I couldn’t. I was the icon. I wore the flag… But while I gave speeches to troops in the trenches……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/bucky-did-the-things-i-couldn-t-i-was-the-icon-i-wore-the-flag-but/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [The good part of what comics trains you to do is it trains you - especially if you've worked in mainstream comics like Marvel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/the-good-part-of-what-comics-trains-you-to-do-is-it-trains-you/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [“Sometimes I think if you didn't have me, there wouldn't be a single person in the world who really understood you...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/sometimes-i-think-if-you-didn-t-have-me-there-wouldn-t-be-a-single/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [I had done a couple TV pilots, and a friend of mine wanted to leave comics and come work in Hollywood, and I said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/i-had-done-a-couple-tv-pilots-and-a-friend-of-mine-wanted-to-leave/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [I vividly remember being in my mid- to late-20s. That part of life is very emotional, and exciting, and dramatic in a way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/i-vividly-remember-being-in-my-mid-to-late-20s-that-part-of-life-is/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [There's a reason why every successful person in Hollywood has like seven or eight projects up in the air at any point. It's like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/there-s-a-reason-why-every-successful-person-in-hollywood-has-like/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [It's a lot easier to make a living as a writer in Hollywood than it was probably 10 years ago, though there's still just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/it-s-a-lot-easier-to-make-a-living-as-a-writer-in-hollywood-than-it/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [If you don't have that empty white space around everything in the comics, the border of the page, then it feels like you're a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/if-you-don-t-have-that-empty-white-space-around-everything-in-the/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [With comics, you can only really learn what you're doing wrong or what works best when you see your work published. I've been publishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/with-comics-you-can-only-really-learn-what-you-re-doing-wrong-or-what/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [“And she thinks she is the lucky one because she got to escape”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/and-she-thinks-she-is-the-lucky-one-because-she-got-to-escape/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [“Whatever you do, remember that. You're going to make a difference. A lot of times it won't be huge, it won't be visible even.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/whatever-you-do-remember-that-you-re-going-to-make-a-difference-a-lot/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [You can sit and write in your room all you want, but until other people see it, until you see it produced for television…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/you-can-sit-and-write-in-your-room-all-you-want-but-until-other/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [“Can't be part of the rat race when you're one of the rats who knows you're in a cage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/can-t-be-part-of-the-rat-race-when-you-re-one-of-the-rats-who-knows/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

> [“I loved you, you know... It's not my fault the world is what it is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-brubaker/i-loved-you-you-know-it-s-not-my-fault-the-world-is-what-it-is/)

[Ed Brubaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-brubaker/)

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