The idea wasn't to make a direct political statement since the current economic collapse hadn't begun when we started on the book.… — 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… — 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
