--- title: "16 Knows Quotes By Stan Lee" description: "16 Knows quotes by Stan Lee. Plus more from Stan Lee and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/stan-lee-1586_disappointment_i-know-the-world-expects-me-to-have-supe_1485421.jpg" --- > [I know the world expects me to have superpowers, and it'll be quite a disappointment. But I just play myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-know-the-world-expects-me-to-have-superpowers-and-it-ll-be-quite-a/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/stan-lee-1586_disappointment_i-know-the-world-expects-me-to-have-supe_1485421.jpg) > [Negative information is that which, immediately upon acquiring, causes the recipient to know less than he did before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/negative-information-is-that-which-immediately-upon-acquiring-causes/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/000/stan-lee-1586_causes_negative-information-is-that-which-immed_443586.jpg) > [Achilles, without his heel, you wouldn't even know his name today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/achilles-without-his-heel-you-wouldn-t-even-know-his-name-today/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/stan-lee-1586_achilles_achilles-without-his-heel-you-wouldn-t-e_2274159.jpg) > [Once you get the script, you then hope you can get the director that you want. Then you hope he can get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/once-you-get-the-script-you-then-hope-you-can-get-the-director-that/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/stan-lee-1586_block_once-you-get-the-script-you-then-hope-yo_659472.jpg) > [I do know that people enjoy reading a comic book and saving it and collecting the comics. And sharing them and trading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-do-know-that-people-enjoy-reading-a-comic-book-and-saving-it-and/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/stan-lee-1586_book_i-do-know-that-people-enjoy-reading-a-co_1518814.jpg) > [I have a reputation for doing superheroes, but I like all kinds of writing. In fact, hardly anybody knows this, but I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-have-a-reputation-for-doing-superheroes-but-i-like-all-kinds-of/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/stan-lee-1586_all-kinds_i-have-a-reputation-for-doing-superheroe_2944692.jpg) > [I don't know where the hell I'll be in 5 years. Maybe I'll be producing movies maybe I'll be on a corner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-don-t-know-where-the-hell-i-ll-be-in-5-years-maybe-i-ll-be/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/stan-lee-1586_apples_i-don-t-know-where-the-hell-i-ll-be-in-5_1985379.jpg) > [I think people are interested in anything that's a little bigger than life and that's colorful and - you know, what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-think-people-are-interested-in-anything-that-s-a-little-bigger-than/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27d/stan-lee-1586_bigger_i-think-people-are-interested-in-anythin_2697584.jpg) > [I always thought it was more interesting to think about Reed Richards. As you know, he had the ability to stretch, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-always-thought-it-was-more-interesting-to-think-about-reed-richards/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f9/stan-lee-1586_ability_i-always-thought-it-was-more-interesting_815205.jpg) > [No matter how good a story is, if you're at a newsstand and you see a lot of comic books, you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/no-matter-how-good-a-story-is-if-you-re-at-a-newsstand-and-you-see-a/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/stan-lee-1586_artwork_no-matter-how-good-a-story-is-if-you-re_2530126.jpg) > [The public always loves anything that's different, as long as it's well-made, if it's well-done. You never know what to expect when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/the-public-always-loves-anything-that-s-different-as-long-as-it-s/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/stan-lee-1586_different_the-public-always-loves-anything-that-s_1954322.jpg) > [Everybody wants to feel that you're writing to a certain demographic because that's good business, but I've never done that ... I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/everybody-wants-to-feel-that-you-re-writing-to-a-certain-demographic/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/stan-lee-1586_best-work_everybody-wants-to-feel-that-you-re-writ_2380373.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) > [If I were retired I wouldn't know what to do because I'd have to think, well, now what is it I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/if-i-were-retired-i-wouldn-t-know-what-to-do-because-i-d-have-to/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10f/stan-lee-1586_be-good_if-i-were-retired-i-wouldn-t-know-what-t_1222915.jpg) > [Quality. That's the first word, the one word that comes to mind when I think of the books published by Abrams. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/quality-that-s-the-first-word-the-one-word-that-comes-to-mind-when-i/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/stan-lee-1586_abram_quality-that-s-the-first-word-the-one-wo_2012293.jpg) > [I hated teenagers in comics because they were always sidekicks. And I always felt if I were a superhero, there's no way…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/stan-lee-1586_comic_i-hated-teenagers-in-comics-because-they_214831.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/stan-lee/#itemlist", "name": "16 Knows Quotes By Stan Lee", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know the world expects me to have superpowers, and it'll be quite a disappointment. 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