Mark Millar
Mark Millar
Mark Millar MBEis a Scottish comic book writer, known for his work on The Authority, The Ultimates, Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Civil War, The Secret Service, Wanted, Chrononauts, Superior and Kick-Ass, the latter six of which have been, or will be, adapted into feature films...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionComic Book Author
Date of Birth24 December 1969
CityGlasgow, Scotland
thinking leader done
Leaders don't ever "arrive." If we ever think we're done, we are done!
thinking winning organization
Organizations who win, think deeply, choose wisely, and act decisively.
leader needs should
If you feel the need to make everyone happy, you should be a wedding planner not a leader.
tired practice gone
Many of our leadership practices have gone from being tried and true to being tired and tarnished.
character ideas people
You kind of worry for the characters in a way that you don't normally in sci-fi, because sci-fi tends to be about the ideas, and this is about people.
opportunity readiness
Others control our opportunities, we control our readiness.
book gay boys
The success [of the X-Men], I think, is for two reasons. The first is that, creatively, the book was close to perfect ... but the other reason is that it was a book about being different in a culture where, for the first time in the West, being different wasn't just accepted, but was also fashionable. I don't think it's a coincidence that gay rights, black rights, the empowerment of women and political correctness all happened over those twenty years and a book about outsiders trying to be accepted was almost the poster-boy for this era in American culture.
waiting forever titles
You can lead with or without a title. If you wait until you get a title, you may wait forever.
stars fun war
It's been a very interesting exercise as a writer - writing a little family group, like The Incredibles or The Simpsons or something like that, and setting it in a big Star Wars-type setting. It's been really fun, definitely different from the kind of thing I normally do.
cutting past anchors
The past is an anchor with suffering written on the rope. I don't live there now. I am cutting myself free.
skills decision decision-making
Decision-making is a skill. Wisdom is a leadership trait.
glasses air half
The glass is always completely full-half air and half liquid.
real years family-and-friends
What I do with everything is take things out of real life. You encounter all sorts of stories. It's a lot of your friends and family, sometimes there's quite sad episodes in their life and everything. So just little things I've picked up along the years always find a way into all of my stories.
jobs games indication
When you don't have time to do your job, that's a good indication you're playing the wrong game.