Will Eisner
Will Eisner
William Erwin "Will" Eisnerwas an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spiritwas noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art. The Eisner Award was named in his honor,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth6 March 1917
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea.
Doing stuff that I don't have to talk about because I'm not in a public company is fantastic.
If you're really good, you should express yourself...a lot.
A decision will be made before it's too late or soon thereafter.
Failure is good as long as it does not become a habit.
The company should be run from a creative point of view rather than a financial point of view.
We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new.
To this day, I fondly recall the challenges of building a fire, pitching a tent, climbing a New England mountain, canoeing on a lake. Camp songs still resonate inside me. Competition exists at Keewaydin, of course, but nobody fails summer camp, a nice respite from winters of fortune and misfortune at school.
In every business, in every industry, management does matter.
My best idea was to not accept my wife's negative reaction when I asked her to marry me.
Nobody has a bigger cult than Warren Buffett,
Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience.
Balanced emotions are crucial to intuitive decision making.
Graduate school is a place to hide for a couple of years.