J. Michael Straczynski Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails, we got pulled into some big event book or crossover and it cost momentum and messed badly with the pacing and structure of the book.”

“I wake up every morning knowing how ridiculously lucky I am to be able to do what I love for a living, and that sense of wonder never, ever wears off.”

“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 a while, you can no longer see the character for the underbrush. When that happens, you need to bring out the weed-whacker to clear some of that away so you can focus on the main character.”

“I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.”

“All love is unrequited. All of it.”

“To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'”

“My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.”

“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 business.”

“I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.”

“I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck.”