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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

I am a control freak. I will admit that freely. — J. Michael Straczynski

Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice ... it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous ... — J. Michael Straczynski

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

If your going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out. — J. Michael Straczynski

You can't always relate to the big action things, but you can relate to small moments. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

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 Ranger oath — J. Michael Straczynski

We're more RESILIENT. Takes a LOT to destroy a human spirit. — J. Michael Straczynski

If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do. — J. Michael Straczynski

I'm all for crossovers if they benefit the individual books. — J. Michael Straczynski

The thing about denying someone their voice in this life is that it tends to come out in death. — J. Michael Straczynski

On most TV shows, you work on a set and do some location. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

When in doubt, blow something up. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

It was the dawn of the third age of mankind ... — J. Michael Straczynski

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

Writing is the process of asking the next logical question. — J. Michael Straczynski

I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck. — J. Michael Straczynski

The sky was full of stars, and every star an exploding ship. — J. Michael Straczynski

I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that. — J. Michael Straczynski

To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.' — J. Michael Straczynski

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

I am a huge zombie fan. I have probably seen the George Romero movies 100 times each, without exaggeration. — J. Michael Straczynski

The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language. — J. Michael Straczynski

My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

I'm a huge science fiction fan, and I'm a huge fan of J. Michael Straczynski. — Jamie Clayton

Never enough time. It's never enough time. Was there enough time? — J. Michael Straczynski

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

What are the purposes and priorities of teaching? ... First, to inspire. Second, to challenge. Third, and only third, to impart information. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

Words have power. Names are power. Never give that shit away for free. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons. — J. Michael Straczynski

You can only have one voice on set, and that has to be the director. — J. Michael Straczynski

People in a cluster are bound to each other automatically, and can see each other automatically. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

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

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

Half-way through any big project, everyone forgets what they're doing. — J. Michael Straczynski

I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences. — J. Michael Straczynski

Stun settings are for people who can't commit. — J. Michael Straczynski

Find what scares you and do it. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument ... and the occasional bar fight. — J. Michael Straczynski

Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing. — J. Michael Straczynski

Science fiction shows are traditionally about the gimmick or the gadget and tend to be emotionally cool to the touch. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

There can always be new beginnings ... even for people like us. — J. Michael Straczynski

WE HAVE A WHOLE DEPARTMENT THAT LOOKS AFTER HAPPY COINCIDENCES — J. Michael Straczynski

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

I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

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

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

I think for any writer, creating and controlling your own property is the ultimate dream. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

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

The universe considers me its personal cat toy. — J. Michael Straczynski

I like to consider my mind an open door. It's just not a revolving door. — J. Michael Straczynski

I sometimes find reality far more fantastical and unlikely than what I could just make up. — J. Michael Straczynski

A movie is a movie and a book is a book, and they have different rules. — J. Michael Straczynski

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. — J. Michael Straczynski

If we cannot win, we can at least deprive them of the victory. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

To understand this whole area, you have to stop thinking like a viewer and start thinking like a network programming exec. — J. Michael Straczynski

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

All love is unrequited. All of it. — J. Michael Straczynski

Faith and reason are the shoes on your feet. You can travel further with both than you can with just one. — J. Michael Straczynski

Understanding is a three edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth. — J. Michael Straczynski