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… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
I think for any writer, creating and controlling your own property is the ultimate dream. — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
If there’s any other message in this to readers, it’s in these two characters as icons of hope, that it doesn’t make… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Budget grows out of the story. If you're writing a story with people caught in an elevator for most of the film,… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
At its heartmeat core, writing is about exploring the questions of your heart on the assumption that what intrigues you, what inflames… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
When you're writing a story in bits and pieces, month in and month out, there really isn't time or space for reflection,… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
When writers don't know what to do with a character, they build up the supporting cast and universe to kind of hide… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck. — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
It's really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harshly critical of my… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
I like writing. It's partly control freak, and partly I really like what I do for a living. I have the luckiest… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Here's the miracle: I grew up thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great to write 'Superman' someday? Wouldn't it be great to create my… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
I don't need to write comics for a living. I have movies and TV for that. I write comics for one reason… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Whenever you write for someone else, you're always aware - sometimes overtly, other times at an almost cellular, subliminal level - of… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Writing is the process of asking the next logical question. — 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
