244 Quotes by Stan Lee

You can read a Shakespeare play, but does that mean you wouldn’t want to see it on the stage?

If Shakespeare and Michelangelo were alive today, and if they decided to collaborate on a comic, Shakespeare would write the script and Michelangelo would draw it. How could anybody say that this wouldn’t be as worthwhile an artform as anything on earth?

For men must never feel a cause is hopeless – men must never feel an enemy cannot be beaten!

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 be any personality problems, family problems or even money problems. I just tried to write characters who are human beings who also have superpowers.

My biggest regret is that I don’t really have time to read.

I work with people and we come up with ideas for movies, television and things like that. It’s fun and I love doing it.

It’s a tremendous challenge, because there have been so many characters created over the years. Every time you think you come up with a great name, you find out somebody has already done it. Dreaming up the stories isn’t that hard, but coming up with a good title is the toughest part.

There’s never a time when I’m not working. I don’t take vacations.

I think if I were a superhero saving the world, I’d expect at least not to have to pay income taxes. I mean there should be something in it for a hero who risks his life to save mankind every day.