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 Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the pain they wish to spare is their own because if you can be convinced to set aside your own dreams, they can… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
A movie is a movie and a book is a book, and they have different rules. — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone. — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“If you're going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones.” — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks the use of an angelic (or seemingly angelic character), whose likes have been written about for, oh, about… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
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… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
On a certain level, I don't think there is an answer to what the American way is, because it is constantly being re-defined. It's… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that. — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Like everyone else, I am going to die. But the words - the words live on for as long as there are readers to… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“We have an obligation to one another, responsibilities and trusts. That does not mean we must be pigeons, that we must be exploited. But… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing. — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
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… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree by… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
