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'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
I never tried to write for other people. I liked people who had problems I might have, because we all have insecurities,… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
The only advice anybody can give is, if you wanna be a writer, keep writing. And read all you can, read everything. — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
When you can sit down with a plain sheet of paper in front of you and make some notes, and, little by… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
When writing, I model all the heroes after myself. Of course, it's hard to make them quite as wonderful as I am,… — 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
It's hard not to be enthusiastic when you like what you're doing and I love what I do. I love writing stories,… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
If nobody is looking for a story, and I have no reason to write a story, I would really much rather to… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
To me, writing is fun. It doesn't matter what you're writing, as long as you can tell a story. — 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 never really am concerned about the political landscape of the day when I'm writing because no matter what it is, it… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Jack [Kirby] and Joe [Simon] wrote and drew the stories themselves in the beginning and I was just, like, the office boy.… — 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
Just because you have superpowers, that doesn't mean your love life would be perfect. I don't think superpowers automatically means there won't… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
So I'm happiest when I'm working with artists and writers, and involved in stories, whether we're talking about animation or movies or… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
If Shakespeare and Michelangelo were alive today, and if they decided to collaborate on a comic, Shakespeare would write the script and… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic-book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I'm sort of a pressure writer. If somebody says, "Stan, write something," and I have to have it by tomorrow morning, I'll… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I couldn't say no when I received that offer [to re-invent the DC characters]... How can any writer say no to the… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Comic books themselves are getting more literate. And there are people who are screenwriters and television writers and novelists who are writing… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Because I've spent most of my life with such a beautiful, talented, challenging female, I feel I've gained - and am still… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I had been writing comic books for years and I was doing them to please a publisher, who felt that comics are… — 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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