Stan Lee Quotes

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.

I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.

Here's the rule that I set for myself, and I believe it - even on a show like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm': the more personal you are, the wider your audience.

I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts.

I always wrote for myself. I figured I'm not that different from other people. If there's a story I like a lot, there's got to be others with similar tastes.

If you try to create something that everybody can relate to, you're gonna make something that nobody can relate to.

Everything has a feeling to it, even if it's not your type of music - it has a feeling for somebody in the world.

I love to do subjects that are very common, relatable.

When someone is working hard on something, that always connects with people, no matter what the differences in generations are.

You look at a song like 'Lightning Crashes,' and it's just so universal.

I'm a sinner. I fumble. People must see me as one of them. The things that worry them, must worry me

I'm always a little skeptical when I hear people promoting a film and they say it has something for everyone.

We all have our own takes on things. To being yourself. The abstract, the whole thing that I play with, seems to result in seeing through your lenses, and once you express how you see things to others, you start to see there are similarities between all people. It's kind of like, no matter how far you go, you're still where you started, in a way.

Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside? At the library I couldn’t help but notice which patrons checked out the same books. They appeared to have nothing in common, but who could tell what a person was truly made of? The unknown, the riddle, the deepest truth. I noticed them all: the ones who’d lost their way, the ones who’d lived their lives in ashes, the ones who had to prove themselves, the ones who, like me, had lost the ability to feel.

So whatever I find true for myself, other people might also relate to.

I hope that people can relate to my music, it's very relatable, it's very fun, it's very honest. It's very, very, honest. I know that my fans will probably learn a lot about me by listening to my music, if they really listen to the lyrics. I'm sure they'll learn about a new side to me, it's all very honest, I don't put on any... there's no fake-ness to it, it's very real and I hope my fans can relate to it and that it's enjoyable for all ages.

I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.

What is unique about the "I" hides itself exactly in what is unimaginable about a person. All we are able to imagine is what makes everyone like everyone else, what people have in common. The individual "I" is what differs from the common stock, that is, what cannot be guessed at or calculated, what must be unveiled, uncovered, conquered.

You can't write something actively trying to please everyone - you're going to end up with watery soup that way. You just have to write stories you would want to read and hope that people like them.

I always try to choose material that I would want to go and see. I don't choose movies anymore to be in that other people wouldn't want to see.

When you think about it, some people don't like certain things, but when it comes to music, no matter who you are, where you're from, what kind of personality you've got...everyone loves music of some sort; that's what's so epic about it.

I don't know that I'm unique in that people relate to my music, but I would hope people would say that I'm honest and that I do the best work I can possibly do instead of coasting.

People who know a lot of the same things can hardly help talking about them.

I don't know why people see the things that they do. I wouldn't pay to see them, they don't touch me or move me in any way.

There can be little liking where there is no likeness.