J. Michael Straczynski Quotes

128 quotes in 1976 categories

• We are in a tech-heavy society, plunging headlong into an unknown future. Science fiction is what allows you to stand back and analyze the impact… Affects
• We know that if memory is destroyed in one part of the brain, it can be sometimes re-created on a different part of the brain.… Amino
• When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how you learn, from… Book
• When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a… Constantly
• When it comes down to it, the reason that science fiction endures is that it is, at its core, an optimistic genre. What it says… Cockroaches
• When writers don't know what to do with a character, they build up the supporting cast and universe to kind of hide that fact. After… Bring
• When you're writing a story in bits and pieces, month in and month out, there really isn't time or space for reflection, no room to… Bits
• Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want a reaction. Yeah,… Accept
• 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… Bridge
• They told us not to wish in the first place, not to aspire, not to try; to be quiet, to play nice, to shoot low… All
• We are not powerless. We have tremendous potential for good or ill. How we choose to use that power is up to us; but first… Change
• It is not for the gods to decide whether or not Man exists - it is for Man to decide whether or not the gods… Decide
• The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future frightens us. And our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast… Confuses
• If your going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones. Delusion
• I like to consider my mind an open door. It's just not a revolving door. Consider
• The more important the emotion is, the fewer words required to express it: Will you go out with me? I think I like you. I… Care
• As an atheist, I believe that all life is unspeakably precious, because it’s only here for a brief moment, a flare against the dark, and… All
• Captain John Sheridan: I wish I had your faith in the universe. I just don't see it. Delenn: Then I will tell you a great… All
• 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 were… Actually Deserve
• Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say.Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is… All

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