Len Wein Quotes

When I was captain, John Wright was making all the decisions and I followed like an obedient student.

I mean, if you're being directed very precisely by somebody who has admiration and who's really smart, it's great. If you're being told what to do by a nincompoop - and luckily that hasn't happened very often - it can be very frustrating.

Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates', then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge at the studio.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

I realized why directors are such horrible people - in a way - because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate.

When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.

The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions.

My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.

Rick is the leader and I don't have a problem with that.

If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

Nobody is strong-minded around a President…

He was in charge of everything and I was to be wherever he wasn’t.

The coin of the realm of leadership is trust and confidence.

It's the way we are - our people show their respect to their leaders by keeping quiet. It is considered rude to speak your mind.

The White House Chief of Staff must always remember that he is staff and not chief.

I've learned that when I'm directing, I hate when people are always questioning everything and trying to give me directions.

Our job is quite strange in that we hire a coach, and therefore, we're the boss. But coaches tell us what to do, and I think some coaches might struggle with the idea of a girl being the boss and telling them, 'I don't want to see you now. I want to have some time to myself.'

I think any director is intimidating.

As a second-time director you don't want to be working with someone who's a star that wants you to get down and kiss their feet.

It's not everybody that can handle firing Denzel Washington or coming to blows and saying, 'This is what's happening because I said so.' Usually, it's the reverse.