Most people say, "I can't wait to retire so I can play golf," or go yachting or whatever they do. Well, if I was playing golf, I would want that to finish so I could go and dream up a new TV show. Stan Lee More Quotes by Stan Lee More Quotes From Stan Lee I hate being too serious about anything. If I'm with my friend, I want to be having fun with him or her. And if anybody is reading my story, I want them to be not only reading the story, but I want them to feel they're having fun; that they're enjoying it. So any way you can make it more informal, more fun-filled, more amusing - instead of just a dry story that goes on and on - if there's any way to do that, I like to try and do it. Stan Lee hate reading fun The more you read, the better you're going to become as a storyteller. Stan Lee storyteller Once you get the script, you then hope you can get the director that you want. Then you hope he can get the cast he wants. Again, you can go quickly or there can be a million stumbling blocks. There's just no way to know. Stan Lee block want directors If nobody is looking for a story, and I have no reason to write a story, I would really much rather to do anything else because it's no fun writing stories, particularly not for me. I just do it in order to sell them and make a couple of bucks. Stan Lee couple writing fun If I were retired I wouldn't know what to do because I'd have to think, well, now what is it I want to do? And what I want to do is what I'm doing. I enjoy coming up with new ideas, which if I'm lucky they might be good ideas. I enjoy seeing them take shape. And I'm having fun doing it. So I wouldn't know why I'd want to retire. Stan Lee fun ideas thinking In the entertainment industry all that anybody wants to do whether it's music or stories or dancing or comedy or whatever, they want to entertain the public. And they do it any way they can. Sometimes they concentrate simply on entertaining people and they don't care what message they are giving. Stan Lee dancing giving people No matter what you write, it's a matter of putting words in a certain order so that the reader will be interested in what you're writing. Stan Lee matter writing order If you have a character that seems to be all perfect, it's hard to relate to him because when you read a story you really want to empathize with the character that you are reading about. And it's hard to empathize with someone who is flawless and who has no problems. Stan Lee reading perfect character I never really am concerned about the political landscape of the day when I'm writing because no matter what it is, it will change. By the time my stories come out, it will have changed. So I never think much about that. Stan Lee political writing thinking I am always nostalgic being in New York. Every neighborhood represents something to me. I lived here until I was 60 years old or so. So it was my life. Stan Lee nostalgic new-york years People like stories that are bigger than life, about characters with unusual powers. And when you get all the characters in the zodiac, it's so colorful, and it's so rich in different attitudes that the characters have. Stan Lee zodiac attitude character I think kids love superheroes, and the more you can crowd into a story, the more excited they get. Stan Lee superhero kids thinking I'm practically an actor. Even when you do an interview, it's like you're performing a little bit, so yeah, I'm enjoying it, it's fun. Stan Lee interviews actors fun It is impossible to do a movie exactly the way a comic book is written and drawn, just as it's impossible to do a movie exactly like a novel or exactly like anything else. When you go to different forms of media, you have to adapt. Stan Lee media book way I don't expect every movie to be done exactly the way I would have done it. Stan Lee done way The main thing I want to do, is to make our website the most entertaining website there is on the Internet. I want it to be the premiere site for entertainment, for communication, and for fun. Stan Lee entertainment communication fun I don't know where the hell I'll be in 5 years. Maybe I'll be producing movies maybe I'll be on a corner selling apples. I don't know, but I'm having a hell of a lot of fun. Stan Lee apples fun years I think I've got 12... Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Plastic-Man, Green Lantern, Sandman, The Justice League, The Atom Legion of Superheroes and Teen Titans.... Just about all of their top titles. Stan Lee league men thinking I'd like to own Intel... I'd like to own Microsoft... I'd love to have Warner Bros in my hip pocket. Stan Lee microsoft hips pockets 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 comic superhero book
