"I've written so many things over the years that I don't want to go back to being just a scriptwriter. I'm in what I consider to be the enviable position of all I have to do is come up with the idea and write an outline that makes it seem like it's a viable idea that will interest people, and then other people write the scripts -- and I become the executive producer or the producer, depending on how much involvement I have, and I get a creative credit and then move on to the next project."

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Source: Nuff Said - An Interview With Stan Lee. Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. April 30, 2002.

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Stan Lee

Comic Book Writer, Editor

Stan Lee was a comic book writer and editor, co-creating iconic characters like Spider-Man and the X-Men, revolutionizing the superhero genre.

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