--- title: "15 I can Quotes By Stan Lee" description: "15 I can quotes by Stan Lee. Plus more from Stan Lee and more I can sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3df/stan-lee-1586_bucks_if-i-got-a-superpower-i-wouldn-t-say-oh_2769618.jpg" --- > [If I got a superpower I wouldn't say, oh, I got to get a costume and put on a mask. I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/if-i-got-a-superpower-i-wouldn-t-say-oh-i-got-to-get-a-costume-and/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3df/stan-lee-1586_bucks_if-i-got-a-superpower-i-wouldn-t-say-oh_2769618.jpg) > [When writing, I model all the heroes after myself. Of course, it's hard to make them quite as wonderful as I am,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/when-writing-i-model-all-the-heroes-after-myself-of-course-it-s-hard/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/stan-lee-1586_character_when-writing-i-model-all-the-heroes-afte_503853.jpg) > [I like Spider-Man because he's become the most famous. He's the one who's most like me - nothing ever turns out 100…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-like-spider-man-because-he-s-become-the-most-famous-he-s-the-one/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/stan-lee-1586_comic_i-like-spider-man-because-he-s-become-th_2392326.jpg) > [Most people say, "I can't wait to retire so I can play golf," or go yachting or whatever they do. Well, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/most-people-say-i-can-t-wait-to-retire-so-i-can-play-golf-or-go/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/stan-lee-1586_dream_most-people-say-i-can-t-wait-to-retire-s_3209077.jpg) > [I didn’t write 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' I’m not even sure who they all are. I can’t wait to see the movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-didn-t-write-guardians-of-the-galaxy-i-m-not-even-sure-who-they-all/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/stan-lee-1586_comic_i-didn-t-write-guardians-of-the-galaxy-i_2476569.jpg) > [I'm just somebody who tries to write things that entertain people. And if I can do it in a way that makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-m-just-somebody-who-tries-to-write-things-that-entertain-people-and/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/808/stan-lee-1586_bad-guy_i-m-just-somebody-who-tries-to-write-thi_248851.jpg) > [I'm the Chairman Emeritus, and according to my contract I am supposed to devote 10% of my time to working for Marvel...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-m-the-chairman-emeritus-and-according-to-my-contract-i-am-supposed/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/stan-lee-1586_can-do_i-m-the-chairman-emeritus-and-according_1242487.jpg) > [All I thought about when I wrote my stories was, "I hope that these comic books would sell so I can keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/all-i-thought-about-when-i-wrote-my-stories-was-i-hope-that-these/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e6/stan-lee-1586_book_all-i-thought-about-when-i-wrote-my-stor_755537.jpg) > [The way I'm doing it is I'm trying to think to myself, "Okay, I have the name Superman, and he's going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/the-way-i-m-doing-it-is-i-m-trying-to-think-to-myself-okay-i-have-the/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/stan-lee-1586_blind_the-way-i-m-doing-it-is-i-m-trying-to-th_339235.jpg) > [My problem is I don't see and hear that well, so when I go to the movies, I can make out what's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/my-problem-is-i-don-t-see-and-hear-that-well-so-when-i-go-to-the/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/stan-lee-1586_asks_my-problem-is-i-don-t-see-and-hear-that_2845207.jpg) > [ Jack \[Kirby\] and Joe \[Simon\] wrote and drew the stories themselves in the beginning and I was just, like, the office boy.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/jack-kirby-and-joe-simon-wrote-and-drew-the-stories-themselves-in-the/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/stan-lee-1586_boys_jack-kirby-and-joe-simon-wrote-and-drew_1163951.jpg) > [When you can sit down with a plain sheet of paper in front of you and make some notes, and, little by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/when-you-can-sit-down-with-a-plain-sheet-of-paper-in-front-of-you-and/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/stan-lee-1586_actors_when-you-can-sit-down-with-a-plain-sheet_398965.jpg) > [The purpose of this is not show that I can do it better, because I think Superman is perfect. The original creation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/the-purpose-of-this-is-not-show-that-i-can-do-it-better-because-i/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/stan-lee-1586_another-way_the-purpose-of-this-is-not-show-that-i-c_2296938.jpg) > [I love all the voiceovers I do. I can't remember them all, but I seem to do them all of the time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-love-all-the-voiceovers-i-do-i-can-t-remember-them-all-but-i-seem/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/stan-lee-1586_actors_i-love-all-the-voiceovers-i-do-i-can-t-r_1038687.jpg) > [Some people will say, "Why read a comic book? It stifles the imagination. If you read a novel you imagine what people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/some-people-will-say-why-read-a-comic-book-it-stifles-the-imagination/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c7/stan-lee-1586_answers_some-people-will-say-why-read-a-comic-bo_1761039.jpg) ## Other authors on I can ## More by Stan Lee > [I think the way you become a good storyteller is to read a lot of stories and evaluate them in your own mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-think-the-way-you-become-a-good-storyteller-is-to-read-a-lot-of/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [I enjoy the fact that we have these mobile comics now, which are sort of a cross between a comic book and an animated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-enjoy-the-fact-that-we-have-these-mobile-comics-now-which-are-sort/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [To tell you the truth, I never thought of myself as much of a success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/to-tell-you-the-truth-i-never-thought-of-myself-as-much-of-a-success/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [I am so impressed with people who can really make a big movie, a good movie. The amount of work that goes into it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-am-so-impressed-with-people-who-can-really-make-a-big-movie-a-good/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [MARVEL IS A CORNUCOPIA OF FANTASY, A WILD IDEA , A SWASHBUCKLING ATTITUDE , AN ESCAPE FROM THE HUMDRUM AND PROSAIC. IT'S A SERENDIPITOUS…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/marvel-is-a-cornucopia-of-fantasy-a-wild-idea-a-swashbuckling/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [Your humans slaughter each other because of the color of your skin, or your faith or your plitics -- or for no reason at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/your-humans-slaughter-each-other-because-of-the-color-of-your-skin-or/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/that-s-what-everybody-tells-me-i-would-ve-had-a-great-comic-book/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-have-always-tried-to-have-a-message-not-to-be-a-preacher-but-a/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [ I was in the beginning when \[comic book superheroes\] started, but not anymore. Now I expect it. I've gotten very used to it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-was-in-the-beginning-when-comic-book-superheroes-started-but-not/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-always-felt-the-x-men-in-a-subtle-way-often-touched-upon-the/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/every-kid-loves-fairy-tales-stories-of-witches-and-giants-and/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [Wherever we find news, excitement, mystery and adventure, there, too, we find the newspaper reporter. Always on the alert for something new, ready to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/wherever-we-find-news-excitement-mystery-and-adventure-there-too-we/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-hated-teenagers-in-comics-because-they-were-always-sidekicks-and-i/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [The experience of reading a printed comic book will never change, but now, thanks to the digital age, there are many different ways to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/the-experience-of-reading-a-printed-comic-book-will-never-change-but/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-m-just-somebody-who-tries-to-write-things-that-entertain-people-and/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/i-can/stan-lee/#itemlist", "name": "15 I can Quotes By Stan Lee", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I got a superpower I wouldn't say, oh, I got to get a costume and put on a mask. I would say hey, I can do something better than other people. 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Never.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stan Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/all-i-thought-about-when-i-wrote-my-stories-was-i-hope-that-these/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e6/stan-lee-1586_book_all-i-thought-about-when-i-wrote-my-stor_755537.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e6/stan-lee-1586_book_all-i-thought-about-when-i-wrote-my-stor_755537.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e6/stan-lee-1586_book_all-i-thought-about-when-i-wrote-my-stor_755537.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All I thought about when I wrote my stories was, \"I hope that these comic books would sell so I can keep my…” — Stan Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The way I'm doing it is I'm trying to think to myself, \"Okay, I have the name Superman, and he's going to be a guy that deserves the name 'Superman.' I'm trying to forget about Krypton, about The Daily Planet what would I do if I was thinking it up?\" I can do it any way at all..I can make him an Eskimo midget who's toothless and blind... I can do anything. 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And after the movie, I have to ask whoever I'm with \"now, what was that all about?\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stan Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/my-problem-is-i-don-t-see-and-hear-that-well-so-when-i-go-to-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/stan-lee-1586_asks_my-problem-is-i-don-t-see-and-hear-that_2845207.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/stan-lee-1586_asks_my-problem-is-i-don-t-see-and-hear-that_2845207.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/stan-lee-1586_asks_my-problem-is-i-don-t-see-and-hear-that_2845207.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My problem is I don't see and hear that well, so when I go to the movies, I can make out what's going on…” — Stan Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 years old, what do you know? I said, \"Sure, I can do it!\" And that was it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stan Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/jack-kirby-and-joe-simon-wrote-and-drew-the-stories-themselves-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/stan-lee-1586_boys_jack-kirby-and-joe-simon-wrote-and-drew_1163951.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/stan-lee-1586_boys_jack-kirby-and-joe-simon-wrote-and-drew_1163951.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/stan-lee-1586_boys_jack-kirby-and-joe-simon-wrote-and-drew_1163951.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Jack [Kirby] and Joe [Simon] wrote and drew the stories themselves in the beginning and I was just, like…” — Stan Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you can sit down with a plain sheet of paper in front of you and make some notes, and, little by little, you see it take shape and become a concept for a movie or a TV show. That's a real thrill. You watch it go from notes on a paper to a meeting with writers and directors and actors. I can't think of anything that's more exciting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stan Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/when-you-can-sit-down-with-a-plain-sheet-of-paper-in-front-of-you-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/stan-lee-1586_actors_when-you-can-sit-down-with-a-plain-sheet_398965.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/stan-lee-1586_actors_when-you-can-sit-down-with-a-plain-sheet_398965.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/stan-lee-1586_actors_when-you-can-sit-down-with-a-plain-sheet_398965.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you can sit down with a plain sheet of paper in front of you and make some notes, and, little by…” — Stan Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The purpose of this is not show that I can do it better, because I think Superman is perfect. The original creation of Superman nobody could have done that better and I think Batman is pretty much a perfect character... The same with all of them. I'm just going to try to find a way to say, \"If that wasn't the original idea, what would be another way to do it that would be more in my style?\".", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stan Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/the-purpose-of-this-is-not-show-that-i-can-do-it-better-because-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/stan-lee-1586_another-way_the-purpose-of-this-is-not-show-that-i-c_2296938.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/stan-lee-1586_another-way_the-purpose-of-this-is-not-show-that-i-c_2296938.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/stan-lee-1586_another-way_the-purpose-of-this-is-not-show-that-i-c_2296938.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The purpose of this is not show that I can do it better, because I think Superman is perfect. 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You don't have to be made up and put costumes on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stan Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-love-all-the-voiceovers-i-do-i-can-t-remember-them-all-but-i-seem/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/stan-lee-1586_actors_i-love-all-the-voiceovers-i-do-i-can-t-r_1038687.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/stan-lee-1586_actors_i-love-all-the-voiceovers-i-do-i-can-t-r_1038687.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/stan-lee-1586_actors_i-love-all-the-voiceovers-i-do-i-can-t-r_1038687.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love all the voiceovers I do. I can't remember them all, but I seem to do them all of the time. 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If you read a comic, it's showing you.\" The only answer I can give is, \"You can read a Shakespeare play, but does that mean you wouldn't want to see it on the stage?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stan Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/some-people-will-say-why-read-a-comic-book-it-stifles-the-imagination/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c7/stan-lee-1586_answers_some-people-will-say-why-read-a-comic-bo_1761039.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c7/stan-lee-1586_answers_some-people-will-say-why-read-a-comic-bo_1761039.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c7/stan-lee-1586_answers_some-people-will-say-why-read-a-comic-bo_1761039.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some people will say, \"Why read a comic book? It stifles the imagination. 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