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
I hated teenagers in comics because they were always sidekicks. And I always felt if I were a superhero, there's no way… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I'm just somebody who tries to write things that entertain people. And if I can do it in a way that makes… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
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… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
It is impossible to do a movie exactly the way a comic book is written and drawn, just as it's impossible to… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
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
To my way of thinking, whether it's a superhero movie or a romance or a comedy or whatever, the most important thing… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Once you get the script, you then hope you can get the director that you want. Then you hope he can get… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Some people are able to not only entertain the public in any way that they can but also in some way to… — 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
I love all the voiceovers I do. I can't remember them all, but I seem to do them all of the time.… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
... And we talk it out. Lately, I've had Roy Thomas come in, and he sits and makes notes while we discuss… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I like Silver Surfer because he's the most philosophical, always philosophizing about the human race and the human condition and why people… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
The only time I go on the set is when I have a cameo to do in the picture. I go to… — 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
Quality. That's the first word, the one word that comes to mind when I think of the books published by Abrams. In… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind, if Peter Parker had originally been black, a Latino, an Indian, or anything else, that he stay that way.… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I don't expect every movie to be done exactly the way I would have done it. — 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
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
The purpose of this is not show that I can do it better, because I think Superman is perfect. The original creation… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
If you're going to write something, that's going to be read by people, a lot of people, you hope it will not… — 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
No one has a perfect life. Everybody has something that he wishes was not the way it is. — 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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