I don't wake up in the morning and say, wow I've got a great idea for a story. But I sit down,… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Comics are stories; they're like novels or anything else. So the first thing you have to do is become a good storyteller. — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Every kid loves fairy tales, stories of witches and giants and magicians. Then, when you get a little older you can't read… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
To me, writing is fun. It doesn't matter what you're writing, as long as you can tell a story. — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I think the way you become a good storyteller is to read a lot of stories and evaluate them in your own… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
So I'm happiest when I'm working with artists and writers, and involved in stories, whether we're talking about animation or movies or… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I have a reputation for doing superheroes, but I like all kinds of writing. In fact, hardly anybody knows this, but I've… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I wanted them to be diverse. The whole underlying principle of the X-Men was to try to be an anti-bigotry story to… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
No matter how good a story is, if you're at a newsstand and you see a lot of comic books, you don't… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
If nobody is looking for a story, and I have no reason to write a story, I would really much rather to… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Technology isn't a villain. Technology should help, but if you just use the technology for the sake of technology, then you're cheating… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
The thing to me that's fun is trying to make the characters seem believable, or realistic. And it's especially challenging when you're… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
The cliché I tried to avoid was I hated "teenage sidekicks." I always figured if I were a superhero, there's no way… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I had been writing comic books for years and I was doing them to please a publisher, who felt that comics are… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
It's a tremendous challenge, because there have been so many characters created over the years. Every time you think you come up… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
It's hard not to be enthusiastic when you like what you're doing and I love what I do. I love writing stories,… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I hate being too serious about anything. If I'm with my friend, I want to be having fun with him or her.… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Some artists, such as Jack Kirby, need no plot at all. I mean I'll just say to Jack, "Let's let the next… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Once, I'd written a Western story, and one of the panels was just a hand holding a six-shooter, and there was a… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I'm no prophet, but I'm guessing that comic books will always be strong. I don't think anything can really beat the pure… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
When you combine the great stories from the comics with the action and visual excitement of the movies, it doesn't get any… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I think kids love superheroes, and the more you can crowd into a story, the more excited they get. — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
These stories of people with unusual powers and unusual appearances, who do unusual things, people are always fascinated by them. — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Ideally, anything one writes should have a social conscience: if you can write a story that thrills, and with a good message,… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I never really am concerned about the political landscape of the day when I'm writing because no matter what it is, it… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Everything has changed and we're all living in one city now. What happens somewhere affects things everywhere, so I have to be… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
If you have a character that seems to be all perfect, it's hard to relate to him because when you read a… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
In the entertainment industry all that anybody wants to do whether it's music or stories or dancing or comedy or whatever, they… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
People like stories that are bigger than life, about characters with unusual powers. And when you get all the characters in the… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
In a sense, the artwork is the most important thing in getting somebody to buy a book. The person probably won't buy… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
We're living in a world where everything moves very quickly. We've become a very visual society, so I think it's a very… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I don't think you ever outgrow your love for things that are bigger than life and more colorful than the average life.… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Jack [Kirby] and Joe [Simon] wrote and drew the stories themselves in the beginning and I was just, like, the office boy.… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
To be honest, when I was writing these stories a million years ago, I never thought about movies at all one way… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Comic books are just a way to show a story. Then there are the movies, and television and exhibits like this that… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to feel that you're writing to a certain demographic because that's good business, but I've never done that ... I… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
All I thought about when I wrote my stories was, "I hope that these comic books would sell so I can keep… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I think the way you become a good storyteller is to read a lot of stories and evaluate them in your own mind. — Stan Lee Copy Share
I enjoy the fact that we have these mobile comics now, which are sort of a cross between a comic book and an animated… — Stan Lee Copy Share
I am so impressed with people who can really make a big movie, a good movie. The amount of work that goes into it… — Stan Lee Copy Share
MARVEL IS A CORNUCOPIA OF FANTASY, A WILD IDEA , A SWASHBUCKLING ATTITUDE , AN ESCAPE FROM THE HUMDRUM AND PROSAIC. IT'S A SERENDIPITOUS… — Stan Lee Copy Share
Your humans slaughter each other because of the color of your skin, or your faith or your plitics -- or for no reason at… — Stan Lee Copy Share
That's what everybody tells me. "I would've had a great comic-book collection, but my mother made me throw them away." But when I was… — Stan Lee Copy Share
I have always tried to have a message, not to be a preacher, but a message that shows it's better to be a good… — Stan Lee Copy Share
I was in the beginning when [comic book superheroes] started, but not anymore. Now I expect it. I've gotten very used to it. — Stan Lee Copy Share
I always felt the 'X-Men,' in a subtle way, often touched upon the subject of racism and inequality, and I believe that subject has… — Stan Lee Copy Share
Every kid loves fairy tales, stories of witches and giants and magicians. Then, when you get a little older you can't read fairy tales… — Stan Lee Copy Share
Wherever we find news, excitement, mystery and adventure, there, too, we find the newspaper reporter. Always on the alert for something new, ready to… — Stan Lee Copy Share
I hated teenagers in comics because they were always sidekicks. And I always felt if I were a superhero, there's no way I'd pal… — Stan Lee Copy Share
The experience of reading a printed comic book will never change, but now, thanks to the digital age, there are many different ways to… — Stan Lee Copy Share
I'm just somebody who tries to write things that entertain people. And if I can do it in a way that makes them prefer… — Stan Lee Copy Share
![“Jack [Kirby] and Joe [Simon] wrote and drew the stories themselves in the beginning and I was just, like, the office boy. But after a while they had more writing than they could handle and I was the only guy around, so they said, "Hey Stan, you think you can write this?" When you're seventeen…” quote by Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a90/stan-lee-1586_boys_jack-kirby-and-joe-simon-wrote-and-drew_1163951.jpg)
