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> [The hardest thing in the world is to stand alone. Your friends will not understand, will resent you, will want you to just stop it and let life go back to where it was. But you have to follow the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/the-hardest-thing-in-the-world-is-to-stand-alone-your-friends-will/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

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## More by J. Michael Straczynski

> [“Sometimes the pain they wish to spare is their own because if you can be convinced to set aside your own dreams, they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/sometimes-the-pain-they-wish-to-spare-is-their-own-because-if-you-can/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

> [A movie is a movie and a book is a book, and they have different rules.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/a-movie-is-a-movie-and-a-book-is-a-book-and-they-have-different-rules/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

> [Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/never-follow-somebody-else-s-path-it-doesn-t-work-the-same-way-twice/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

> [“If you're going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/if-you-re-going-to-have-delusions-you-might-as-well-go-for-the-really/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/i-m-sorry-but-anyone-who-thinks-the-use-of-an-angelic-or-seemingly/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/i-m-a-big-believer-in-the-idea-that-while-we-are-the-sum-of-our-tears/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/on-a-certain-level-i-don-t-think-there-is-an-answer-to-what-the/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

> [I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/i-always-knew-that-i-was-going-to-be-a-writer-there-was-no-question/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

> [Like everyone else, I am going to die. But the words - the words live on for as long as there are readers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/like-everyone-else-i-am-going-to-die-but-the-words-the-words-live-on/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/i-m-delirious-with-joy-it-proves-that-if-you-confront-the-universe/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/you-know-i-used-to-think-it-was-awful-that-life-was-so-unfair-then-i/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

> [“We have an obligation to one another, responsibilities and trusts. That does not mean we must be pigeons, that we must be exploited. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/we-have-an-obligation-to-one-another-responsibilities-and-trusts-that/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

> [Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/whenever-you-can-bring-your-chops-in-as-a-reporter-to-unearth-a-cool/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/everyone-in-the-entertainment-business-gets-crappy-contracts-when-we/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

> [When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-michael-straczynski/when-the-mob-and-the-press-and-the-whole-world-tell-you-to-move-your/)

[J. Michael Straczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-michael-straczynski/)

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