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J. Michael Straczynski quotes: The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union. The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I am a control freak. I will admit that freely. I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice ... it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous ... Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice ... it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous ...
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast. There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: If your going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones. If your going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested. Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out. My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: You can't always relate to the big action things, but you can relate to small moments. You can't always relate to the big action things, but you can relate to small moments.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: There are people in life, who show you how to live. There are people in life, who show you how to die. There are people in life, who show you how to live. There are people in life, who show you how to die.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: We walk in dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge and no one may pass. We live for the One. We die for the One. the We walk in dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge and no one may pass. We live for the One. We die for the One.
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J. Michael Straczynski quotes: We're more RESILIENT. Takes a LOT to destroy a human spirit. We're more RESILIENT. Takes a LOT to destroy a human spirit.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do. If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I'm all for crossovers if they benefit the individual books. I'm all for crossovers if they benefit the individual books.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: The thing about denying someone their voice in this life is that it tends to come out in death. The thing about denying someone their voice in this life is that it tends to come out in death.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: On most TV shows, you work on a set and do some location. On most TV shows, you work on a set and do some location.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.' To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Coming from TV and film, rule number one is that you always service the main character first and foremost. If that's not working, you've got nothing. Coming from TV and film, rule number one is that you always service the main character first and foremost. If that's not working, you've got nothing.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: It was the dawn of the third age of mankind ... It was the dawn of the third age of mankind ...
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Angels can't enter hell unless a demon holds open the door, and demons can't enter heaven without an angel's say-so. Angels can't enter hell unless a demon holds open the door, and demons can't enter heaven without an angel's say-so.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Writing is the process of asking the next logical question. Writing is the process of asking the next logical question.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck. I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: The sky was full of stars, and every star an exploding ship. The sky was full of stars, and every star an exploding ship.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Wouldn't it be much worse if life really were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us happen because we really deserve them? Wouldn't it be much worse if life really were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us happen because we really deserve them?
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: There's a lot of comics writers out there whose work I appreciate and who are nice guys. I really want to work with guys I really respect and enjoy. There's a lot of comics writers out there whose work I appreciate and who are nice guys. I really want to work with guys I really respect and enjoy.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat. I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I am a huge zombie fan. I have probably seen the George Romero movies 100 times each, without exaggeration. I am a huge zombie fan. I have probably seen the George Romero movies 100 times each, without exaggeration.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language. The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card. My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age. The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: When in doubt, blow something up. When in doubt, blow something up.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us. On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that. I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: It is not for the gods to decide whether or not Man exists - it is for Man to decide whether or not the gods exist. It is not for the gods to decide whether or not Man exists - it is for Man to decide whether or not the gods exist.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Never enough time. It's never enough time. Was there enough time? Never enough time. It's never enough time. Was there enough time?
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I'm all for teaching creation and allowing prayers in schools, as soon as scholars begin teaching Darwinism and geometry in church. I'm all for teaching creation and allowing prayers in schools, as soon as scholars begin teaching Darwinism and geometry in church.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: What are the purposes and priorities of teaching? ... First, to inspire. Second, to challenge. Third, and only third, to impart information. What are the purposes and priorities of teaching? ... First, to inspire. Second, to challenge. Third, and only third, to impart information.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory. I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Words have power. Names are power. Never give that shit away for free. Words have power. Names are power. Never give that shit away for free.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I have to move fast, if I hesitate even a second longer, I'll lose focus and be trapped forever in this ... this ... toilet! I have to move fast, if I hesitate even a second longer, I'll lose focus and be trapped forever in this ... this ... toilet!
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons. I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: You can only have one voice on set, and that has to be the director. You can only have one voice on set, and that has to be the director.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: People in a cluster are bound to each other automatically, and can see each other automatically. People in a cluster are bound to each other automatically, and can see each other automatically.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I've changed my mind. I've decided that at the end I want to be cremated and my ashes scattered over someone I don't like. I've changed my mind. I've decided that at the end I want to be cremated and my ashes scattered over someone I don't like.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: G'Kar: We are all the sum of our tears. Too little and the ground is not fertile, and nothing can grow there. Too much, the best of us is washed G'Kar: We are all the sum of our tears. Too little and the ground is not fertile, and nothing can grow there. Too much, the best of us is washed away.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: A lot of the futuristic space stuff seemed to me to be a very cool form of science-fiction, so that was my first real baptism in the genre. A lot of the futuristic space stuff seemed to me to be a very cool form of science-fiction, so that was my first real baptism in the genre.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Half-way through any big project, everyone forgets what they're doing. Half-way through any big project, everyone forgets what they're doing.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences. I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Stun settings are for people who can't commit. Stun settings are for people who can't commit.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Find what scares you and do it. Find what scares you and do it.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I've worked on high visibility shows that weren't always the best, and low visibility shows that I love but that didn't have the PR behind them. I've worked on high visibility shows that weren't always the best, and low visibility shows that I love but that didn't have the PR behind them.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument ... and the occasional bar fight. A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument ... and the occasional bar fight.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing. Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Science fiction shows are traditionally about the gimmick or the gadget and tend to be emotionally cool to the touch. Science fiction shows are traditionally about the gimmick or the gadget and tend to be emotionally cool to the touch.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Everyone in the entertainment business gets crappy contracts when we start out, and into the middle of our careers. It's the nature of the business. Everyone in the entertainment business gets crappy contracts when we start out, and into the middle of our careers. It's the nature of the business.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: There can always be new beginnings ... even for people like us. There can always be new beginnings ... even for people like us.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: WE HAVE A WHOLE DEPARTMENT THAT LOOKS AFTER HAPPY COINCIDENCES WE HAVE A WHOLE DEPARTMENT THAT LOOKS AFTER HAPPY COINCIDENCES
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: When you walk into a movie theater, you don't walk out half-way through, and then come back the next day to watch the rest of it. When you walk into a movie theater, you don't walk out half-way through, and then come back the next day to watch the rest of it.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was. I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I wake up every morning knowing how ridiculously lucky I am to be able to do what I love for a living, and that sense of wonder never, ever wears I wake up every morning knowing how ridiculously lucky I am to be able to do what I love for a living, and that sense of wonder never, ever wears off.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Understanding is a three edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth. Understanding is a three edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I think for any writer, creating and controlling your own property is the ultimate dream. I think for any writer, creating and controlling your own property is the ultimate dream.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: A lot of television tends to assume that audiences don't have the attention span or the IQ to follow a lot of stuff. A lot of television tends to assume that audiences don't have the attention span or the IQ to follow a lot of stuff.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Even as I think these words for the first time, the me who is my future self is remembering me thinking these words for the first time. Even as I think these words for the first time, the me who is my future self is remembering me thinking these words for the first time.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: The universe considers me its personal cat toy. The universe considers me its personal cat toy.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I like to consider my mind an open door. It's just not a revolving door. I like to consider my mind an open door. It's just not a revolving door.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: I sometimes find reality far more fantastical and unlikely than what I could just make up. I sometimes find reality far more fantastical and unlikely than what I could just make up.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: A movie is a movie and a book is a book, and they have different rules. A movie is a movie and a book is a book, and they have different rules.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: If we cannot win, we can at least deprive them of the victory. If we cannot win, we can at least deprive them of the victory.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Did Alan Moore get screwed on his contract? Of course. Lots of people get screwed, but we still have Spider-Man and lots of other heroes. Did Alan Moore get screwed on his contract? Of course. Lots of people get screwed, but we still have Spider-Man and lots of other heroes.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: To understand this whole area, you have to stop thinking like a viewer and start thinking like a network programming exec. To understand this whole area, you have to stop thinking like a viewer and start thinking like a network programming exec.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: In every other science fiction series, humans are at the top of the food chain. In the 'Babylon 5' universe, they're in the bottom third. In every other science fiction series, humans are at the top of the food chain. In the 'Babylon 5' universe, they're in the bottom third.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: All love is unrequited. All of it. All love is unrequited. All of it.
J. Michael Straczynski quotes: Faith and reason are the shoes on your feet. You can travel further with both than you can with just one. Faith and reason are the shoes on your feet. You can travel further with both than you can with just one.

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