Mark Millar: I always think it's a mistake when you actually have to s...

I'm honestly as happy writing Superman Adventures as I am writing Wanted.

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Their argument, and I think it's a correct one, is that they'll make more money from the trades and the hardcovers if nobody messes with the creative team.

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team creative thinking

The heart is a muscle, and you strengthen muscles by using them. The more I lead with my heart, the stronger it gets.

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Marvel books also feed into the smaller publishers and the fact that this is happening in the same month we're launching Ultimate Fantastic Four is no coincidence.

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The breadth of the potential readership is also a factor.

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The trick was really finding the appropriate publisher for each of the projects I'd devised.

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I think American audiences are quite interesting in that they can handle almost any amount of violence, but the moment the violence becomes sexual violence it immediately becomes an issue.

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issues interesting thinking

I don't see one as bring better or more literate than the other and there's a real buzz to not only writing about a character I love like Superman, but also writing something that kids can enjoy.

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I've done so many superhero comics, and I've actually just been really excited about sci-fi, and Chrononauts and Starlight were both sci-fi, which I had a great time doing.

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The glass is always completely full-half air and half liquid.

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When you don't have time to do your job, that's a good indication you're playing the wrong game.

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Many of our leadership practices have gone from being tried and true to being tired and tarnished.

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I was desperate to work with Stuart Immonen, who I have talked with for several years about doing a project together. So just the stars aligned. I knew that Stuart had a little break in his schedule, where he would be willing to do a project with me. So this year I've been very lucky.

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stars together years

If you want to build a high performance organization, you've got to play chess, not checkers.

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Your capacity to grow determines your capacity to lead.

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Leaders don't ever "arrive." If we ever think we're done, we are done!

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leader done thinking

I just trust the people involved. Marvel and DC for the last 16 years - is that 90 percent of the time it's incredible top talent. Like, this is what makes it different from the pre-2000 superhero movies. I would say, except Tim Burton and Richard Donner, it was generally, comic book movies were done by guys who weren't that into the material and people who didn't really respect the stuff. But as everything, whether it's Wolverine, X-Men, Avengers, Batman, all these things, it's just been done by top-tier people. I have total confidence that they'll continue that tradition of being great.

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Cookbooks are almost a substitution for a lost sense of culture. People want some other life than the one they're living, so they buy a cookbook with pictures and imagine themselves as part of that life.

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The highest form of leadership is one in which a leader raises up other leaders - not as an accident, but as a result of conscious effort.

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You can lead with or without a title. If you wait until you get a title, you may wait forever.

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I always think it's a mistake when you actually have to set books aside and actually sit down and research something. I always think they've got to come from within.