From 1940 to about 1960, I had been writing just regular comics, the way my publishers wanted me too. He didn't want… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
What did Doctor Doom really want? He wanted to rule the world. Now, think about this. You could walk across the street… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I had a publisher who felt comics were just for little kiddies, so he never wanted me to use words of more… — 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
I think it's just the challenge. It's not that all my life I've wanted to do characters [in Marvel] , because I… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky. All I wanted was to pay the rent. Then these characters took off and suddenly there were Hulk… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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