With Great Power Comes Great Responsibilty.

I Don't Expect Every Movie To Be Done Exactly The Way I Would Have Done It.

Jack [kirby] And Joe [simon] Wrote And Drew The Stories Themselves In The Beginning And I Was Just, Like, The Office Boy. But After A While They Had More Writing Than They Could Handle And I Was The Only Guy Around, So They Said, "hey Stan, You Think You Can Write This?" When You're Seventeen Years Old, What Do You Know? I Said, "sure, I Can Do It!" And That Was It.

... And We Talk It Out. Lately, I've Had Roy Thomas Come In, And He Sits And Makes Notes While We Discuss It. Then He Types Them Up, Which Gives Us A Written Synopsis. Originally - I Have A Little Tape Recorder - I Had Tried Taping It, But Then I Found No One On Staff Has Time To Listen To The Tape Again Later. But This Way He Makes Notes, Types It Quickly, I Get A Carbon, The Artist Gets A Carbon ... So We Don't Have To Worry That We'll Forget What We've Said.

I Think There's The Element Of The Excitement Of What I'm Going To See, And With The Special Effects Where You See Men Flying And Walking Through Walls And Shooting Flame Or Whatever They Do, Especially The Younger Audiences, Which Make Up A Bulk Of The Moviegoers, They Love That Sort Of Thing.

Technology Isn't A Villain. Technology Should Help, But If You Just Use The Technology For The Sake Of Technology, Then You're Cheating Your Audience. You're Not Giving Them The Best Story And The Best Direction And So Forth.