"Before World War II, I was living a very cloistered existence, as most cartoonists do. The work I was pouring out did not come from any real, personal life experience; this was all the residue of the accumulation of Rafael Sabatini, O. Henry, all the short-story writers that I'd been reading."

-- Will Eisner

#War Quotes #Real Quotes #Reading Quotes

“All places shall be hell that are not heaven.”
“In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.”
“I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television and just be savaged by stuff that belittles their intelligence.”
“Art is not emotion. Art is the medium in which emotion is expressed.”
“There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.”
“Get your players on who can unlock the door and sooner or later they will break the door down”
“Over the past six years [since implementing RIMS] we have added very few additional full-time jobs, but we have brought in $120 million of new business . . . These efficiencies have really given us the ability to take advantage of new opportunities and expand our business.”
“My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down.”

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