Others control our opportunities, we control our readiness. Mark Millar More Quotes by Mark Millar More Quotes From Mark Millar We ordinary people might lack your great speed or your X-Ray vision, Superman, but never underestimate the power of the human mind. We carry the most dangerous weapon on Earth inside these thick skulls of ours. Mark Millar skullsmindpeople If you don't demonstrate leadership character, your skills and your results will be discounted, if not dismissed. Mark Millar resultsskillscharacter Guess that's thirty-one pieces of silver you've got now, huh? Sleep well, Judas. Mark Millar one-piecepiecessleep Pretty much all comic-book people, like all Hollywood people, for the most part, are pretty liberal. I think especially UK writers. Alan Moore is probably the most radical guy you'll ever meet. I grew up loving those guys, so my heroes, as a kid, were radical cartoonists, essentially. I couldn't help but - I grew up in a left-wing household. But I do think it's fun, writing right-wing characters. I've found it interesting, just as a writer, to get inside their heads and make them likeable. Mark Millar herowritingfun If you feel the need to make everyone happy, you should be a wedding planner not a leader. Mark Millar leadershouldneeds All my kids love superheroes, but my middle daughter in particular is obsessed with Wonder Woman and Batgirl. Mark Millar superherodaughterkids Decision-making is a skill. Wisdom is a leadership trait. Mark Millar decision-makingskillsdecision What I wanted to do was drown something enormous, like a Star Trek or Star Wars kind of space opera-type thing, but actually make it about someone who was just married to the wrong guy, and that guy just happens to be this amazing dictator, and she has to get her kids as far away as possible from this guy. So something that could almost be a TV movie, if you'd ground it and set it in Wisconsin or something like that, but to give it this enormous setting. Mark Millar starswarkids Organizations who win, think deeply, choose wisely, and act decisively. Mark Millar organizationwinningthinking I'm just running through this list of potential nannies and wondered if we should go for a superhero this time. Do you think Wolverine would be interested? He seems to be on every other team right now. Mark Millar teamrunningthinking First, believe in your ability to create the future. That's what leaders do-that is our job. Understand reality but never be imprisoned by it. Reality is a moment in time. The future has not yet been written-it is written by leaders. Mark Millar jobsbelievereality The big thing is it's a domestic drama. Everything else in science fiction tends to be high-concept. Really for the last 40 years or so I think sci-fi's been a little cold and a little inhuman quite often - certainly since the 1980s - and I really wanted to do something that almost felt like a regular, real-life drama but just set it in a sci-fi setting. I think the best stuff is always like that. Mark Millar realdramathinking The ultimate [act] that would be the taboo, to show how bad some villain is, was to have somebody being raped, you know? I don't really think it matters. It's the same as, like, a decapitation. It's just a horrible act to show that somebody's a bad guy. Mark Millar guywould-bethinking I am as resilient as the steel that was once made here, and I am a fighter, in every sense of the word. We all are. Mark Millar mmafightersteel I wanted to portray very, very dark subject matter and a deceptively complex story in the brightest colours and simplest lines possible to leave the readers reeling. Mark Millar linesstoriesdark I'm a huge fan of the Rod Serling sci-fi, where they could take the most odd and enormous ideas but ground them in something very human. Mark Millar oddfansideas Likewise, I see no shame in writing Captain America or Wolverine. Mark Millar captainswritingamerica The books are all very, very different so the publishers really had to be different too. Mark Millar publishersdifferentbook I didn't break into comics to write fairytales or crime comics. Mark Millar fairytalecrimewriting Marvel movies, are seeming slightly less exciting now that Star Wars has appeared and everything. Mark Millar starsexcitingwar
