Everybody wants to feel that you're writing to a certain demographic because that's good business, but I've never done that ... I tried to write stories that would interest me. I'd say, what would I like to read?... I don't think you can do your best work if you're writing for somebody else, because you never know what that somebody else really thinks or wants.
Stan LeeComics are stories; they're like novels or anything else. So the first thing you have to do is become a good storyteller.
Stan LeeI thought it would be great to do superheroes that have the same kind of life problems that any reader - that anybody could have.
Stan LeeYou always exaggerate things in a movie. If it makes a good visual and it excites the kids that's good.
Stan LeeThe purpose of this is not show that I can do it better, because I think Superman is perfect. The original creation of Superman nobody could have done that better and I think Batman is pretty much a perfect character... The same with all of them. I'm just going to try to find a way to say, "If that wasn't the original idea, what would be another way to do it that would be more in my style?".
Stan Lee