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 I'm most interested in are the ways that human nature never changes, no matter how far… — James Vance Copy Share Image
I can't blame anyone for being pessimistic when they look around, after all the blood spilled and energy spent to gain ground for working people in the past, and see it all happening again. I wasn't pointing a finger when… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
