J. Michael Straczynski Quotes

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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.
• The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.
• 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…
• There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast.
• To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'
• Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing.
• Writing is the process of asking the next logical question.
• For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless…
• For me, there's nothing sexier than a woman who can argue me into the ground and outsmart me... a woman who knows her own mind…
• I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions:…
• If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result of an editorial…
• A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always limitations on what…
• Follow your passion. The rest will attend to itself. If I can do it, anybody can do it. It's possible. And it's your turn. So…
• 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 also…
• The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of…
• A changeling is one child substituted for another. I couldn't find anything more apt. We had to kind of fight that supernatural element in the…
• Again, one of the problems I have with television, as I mentioned before, is it's trivial in many ways, and I think that a lot…
• All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If…
• Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always…
• As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And…

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