J.H. Lee Quotes

I'm not a guy who gets inspirations.

Of what import are brief, nameless lives . . . to Galactus?

The more you read, the better you're going to become as a storyteller.

I enjoy the fact that we have these mobile comics now, which are sort of a cross between a comic book and an animated cartoon.

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.

Maybe there will always be a market for the regular comic books because you can read [them] at your own pace. You can save them, collect them, [then] go back and read them again.

I never understood why people take drugs. They're habit forming and they can kill you. I didn't need anything to pep me up or make me feel more creative, and I didn't need them to help me with women.

I'm the Chairman Emeritus, and according to my contract I am supposed to devote 10% of my time to working for Marvel... and the rest of my time, I can do anything that I wish.

Usually, the biggest hang-up is the script. You could have a script done in six months that you love, or it could be like The Fantastic Four it's been almost 10 years.

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.

I'm used to doing comic books, where every month there's a new comic book! I find that the movie business is not quite the same. It doesn't move quite as fast.

You always exaggerate things in a movie. If it makes a good visual and it excites the kids that's good.

Fans are almost always nice. I really find that they rarely come on too strong.

It's amazing what these superhero movies have become.

I'm afraid I go through the same thing all the time.

I have to force myself to get angry. But I want to show the world that there's another side to me, that I am capable of deep, deep anger and fury. They better watch out for how I'm treated.

I'm not that familiar with Andrew Garfield, but if the powers that be chose him, I'm sure he'll be good.

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 comics or television.

I do conventions sometimes every other weekend. Whenever I have time, and it's not too far away. I get a lot of invitations (to appear at conventions) in other countries and I have to turn them down.

When you combine the great stories from the comics with the action and visual excitement of the movies, it doesn't get any better!

I love recording lines. It's like being an actor without having to really act.

The comic book industry has turned into the wellspring for all of these movies that are all based on the comic books.

The movies have made the comic books much more valuable and more respected.

Movies help the sales of the comics.

I was in the beginning when [comic book superheroes] started, but not anymore. Now I expect it. I've gotten very used to it.

In fact, I was too dumb to save any of the old comic books or the old artwork. I used to give them away.

I am so impressed with people who can really make a big movie, a good movie. The amount of work that goes into it is incredible.

I suppose I have come to realize that entertainment is not easily dismissed. Beyond the meaning (of a work of art), it is important to people. Without it, lives can be dull.

We have enough to do just trying to make our company what we want it to be. As far as whether I would like to own Marvel, sure, I'd like to own Marvel.

I couldn't afford [buying Marvel]. I hope I have enough money for dinner tonight!

I couldn't say no when I received that offer [to re-invent the DC characters]... How can any writer say no to the opportunity of redoing every one of DC's top superheroes?

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.

I don't expect every movie to be done exactly the way I would have done it.

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.

I always sympathized with the people who did work for hire; I was one of them.

I had a publisher who felt comics were just for little kiddies, so he never wanted me to use words of more than two syllables.

I think kids love superheroes, and the more you can crowd into a story, the more excited they get.

What the hell could you do? I've never been arrested, I haven't taken drugs, I've had the same wife for 54 years; where's anything of interest to people?

People are pissed off about the seemingly impossible goal of social mobility. their proposed solution is to take the wheels off the cart.

I'm as excited as a kid with a new toy to be able to create a unique, exciting, urban superhero for a magazine that I respect as much as VIBE.

I didn’t write 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' I’m not even sure who they all are. I can’t wait to see the movie.

I'm also all about comfort. Just hanging out and wearing jeans or sweats.

Dawn rose from the desert and turned the river to wine.

Men are not the causers of history. History itself, by a pressure of events, causes men to resort to particular actions.

The dictate of the light says: Know yourself and what you are. The dark replies, By all means, but then become afraid.

I was reading some complex books in my own youth-and no, I didnt always understand every word, let alone every concept-but I got the main thrust, which was like a lifeline in a fluctuating world.

It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence.

Robespierre, crippled and blind, has yet to be healed to the knowledge that service - his desire - is a deed of savage-speaking gentleness, not soft-spoken savagery.

No one more cynical than an idealist.

Tales of heroes end in bliss.