"It's all about who's where on the..." - Quote by Len Wein
It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision.
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“When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.”
“When I submitted samples, I had only written stories to give myself something to draw. I was told, "The art is good, but not quite professional yet. But, I like the writing." I've been a writer for almost a half a century. It's very cool.”
“It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.”
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“No nation is wise enough to rule another.”
“Ah, that shows you the power of music, that magician of magician, who lifts his wand and says his mysterious word and all things real pass away and the phantoms of your mind walk before you clothed in flesh.”
“For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown.”
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“The master sometimes serves, and the servant sometimes is master.”
“It does not follow from the separation of planning and doing in the analysis of work that the planner and the doer should be two different people. It does not follow that the industrial world should be divided into two classes of people: a few who decide what is to be done, design the job, set the pace, rhythm and motions, and order others about; and the many who do what and as they are told.”
“All mankind is divided, as it was at all times and is still, into slaves and freemen.”