Michael Eisner
Michael Eisner
Michael Dammann Eisneris an American businessman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth7 March 1942
CityMount Kisco, NY
CountryUnited States of America
risk trying be-prepared
Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.
creativity diversity being-different
Diversity is a great force towards creativity.
technology giving creative
The only thing that gives [new technology] purpose is the kind of creative content we all produce.
successful people biographies
When I read biographies, I'm only interested in the first few chapters. I'm not interested in when people become successful. I'm interested in what made them successful.
views background-noise appreciate
Eventually the consumer will come to appreciate the editorial point of view of every different brand. User-generated content without editorial oversight will simply be background noise.
mean successful odds
The odds of being successful are the same for every group that is educated in America. It's just that the group that is not wealthy is 95 percent of the population. So if there are 100 successful people in a room, probably 95 out of 100 came from more modest means.
lines matter one-line
It doesn't matter whether it comes in by cable, telephone lines, computor, or satellite. Everyone's going to have to deal with Disney.
thinking ideas people
I find that no matter how long a meeting goes on, the best ideas always come during the final five minutes, when people drop their guard and I ask them what they really think.
thinking past growing
I think when you get inured with the past, you get committed to the past, you stop growing.
kissing years television
If you make something good, eventually the audience will be there, eventually there will be something on the Internet that is a cultural phenomenon that's not available anywhere else, that's not available on television broadcasts, that's not on cable, it's only on some Web site. And the world will find it. And when that happens, it will be what the 'kiss' was to the theatrical movie business, 5,000 years ago or whenever it was.
goes-on television firsts
Television is very much like the motion picture; you need high-end product that will first go on broadcast or cable and eventually on the Internet, and then the lifespan of this content being distributed worldwide.
failure succeed
You can't succeed unless you've got failure, especially creatively.
shoes levels pairs
I find that, once you get into a position where you can afford a pair of shoes and a decent level of living, success in itself is empty.
doe models products
You just have to make sure the model you're working on does not undersell your product.