--- title: "20 Want Quotes By Stan Lee" description: "20 Want quotes by Stan Lee. Plus more from Stan Lee and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/stan-lee-1586_doe_you-can-read-a-shakespeare-play-but-does_2456401.jpg" --- > [You can read a Shakespeare play, but does that mean you wouldn't want to see it on the stage?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/you-can-read-a-shakespeare-play-but-does-that-mean-you-wouldn-t-want/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/stan-lee-1586_doe_you-can-read-a-shakespeare-play-but-does_2456401.jpg) > [We have enough to do just trying to make our company what we want it to be. As far as whether I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/we-have-enough-to-do-just-trying-to-make-our-company-what-we-want-it/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/stan-lee-1586_business_we-have-enough-to-do-just-trying-to-make_1836886.jpg) > [If there are people who like the work you've done, because of that, they like you and want your autograph and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/if-there-are-people-who-like-the-work-you-ve-done-because-of-that/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/stan-lee-1586_appreciative_if-there-are-people-who-like-the-work-yo_2992237.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) > [The main thing I want to do, is to make our website the most entertaining website there is on the Internet. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/the-main-thing-i-want-to-do-is-to-make-our-website-the-most/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/stan-lee-1586_communication_the-main-thing-i-want-to-do-is-to-make-o_1338457.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) > [I have to force myself to get angry. But I want to show the world that there's another side to me, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-have-to-force-myself-to-get-angry-but-i-want-to-show-the-world-that/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4d/stan-lee-1586_anger_i-have-to-force-myself-to-get-angry-but_1533653.jpg) > [Comic books sort of follow with the move - if people see the movie and if they're interested in the character and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/comic-books-sort-of-follow-with-the-move-if-people-see-the-movie-and/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/stan-lee-1586_book_comic-books-sort-of-follow-with-the-move_2141797.jpg) > [From 1940 to about 1960, I had been writing just regular comics, the way my publishers wanted me too. He didn't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/from-1940-to-about-1960-i-had-been-writing-just-regular-comics-the/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b8/stan-lee-1586_1960s_from-1940-to-about-1960-i-had-been-writi_612101.jpg) > [In the entertainment industry all that anybody wants to do whether it's music or stories or dancing or comedy or whatever, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/in-the-entertainment-industry-all-that-anybody-wants-to-do-whether-it/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/stan-lee-1586_care_in-the-entertainment-industry-all-that-a_2207180.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've written so many things over the years that I don't want to go back to being just a scriptwriter. I'm in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-ve-written-so-many-things-over-the-years-that-i-don-t-want-to-go/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/stan-lee-1586_come-up_i-ve-written-so-many-things-over-the-yea_2750855.jpg) > [What did Doctor Doom really want? He wanted to rule the world. Now, think about this. You could walk across the street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/what-did-doctor-doom-really-want-he-wanted-to-rule-the-world-now/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/stan-lee-1586_can-do_what-did-doctor-doom-really-want-he-want_793167.jpg) > [I hate being too serious about anything. If I'm with my friend, I want to be having fun with him or her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-hate-being-too-serious-about-anything-if-i-m-with-my-friend-i-want/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c35/stan-lee-1586_amusing_i-hate-being-too-serious-about-anything_1338954.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) > [Everything has changed and we're all living in one city now. What happens somewhere affects things everywhere, so I have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/everything-has-changed-and-we-re-all-living-in-one-city-now-what/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/811/stan-lee-1586_be-careful_everything-has-changed-and-we-re-all-liv_1813089.jpg) > [If you have a character that seems to be all perfect, it's hard to relate to him because when you read a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/if-you-have-a-character-that-seems-to-be-all-perfect-it-s-hard-to/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/stan-lee-1586_character_if-you-have-a-character-that-seems-to-be_2190009.jpg) > [I want to get that same feeling that everybody logging on to our website is sharing a little bit of an inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-want-to-get-that-same-feeling-that-everybody-logging-on-to-our/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/stan-lee-1586_bits_i-want-to-get-that-same-feeling-that-eve_826864.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) > [The comics of course, help the movies, because all of the comic fans want to see the movies. And the most amazing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/the-comics-of-course-help-the-movies-because-all-of-the-comic-fans/) [Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/stan-lee-1586_amazing-things_the-comics-of-course-help-the-movies-bec_2422443.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/stan-lee/#itemlist", "name": "20 Want Quotes By Stan Lee", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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/you-can-read-a-shakespeare-play-but-does-that-mean-you-wouldn-t-want/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/stan-lee-1586_doe_you-can-read-a-shakespeare-play-but-does_2456401.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/stan-lee-1586_doe_you-can-read-a-shakespeare-play-but-does_2456401.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/stan-lee-1586_doe_you-can-read-a-shakespeare-play-but-does_2456401.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can read a Shakespeare play, but does that mean you wouldn't want to see it on the stage?” — Stan Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have enough to do just trying to make our company what we want it to be. 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