J. Michael Straczynski Quotes

• A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument…and the occasional bar fight.

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• Understanding is a three edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth

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• The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language.

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• When the ‘Seinfeld’ show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn’t – wouldn’t work. It did. ‘Thor’ is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it’s not doing what was expected… and yet it’s doing very well.

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• 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. And once we can unravel that amino chain of chemicals that is responsible for memory, I see no reason why we can’t unlock it and, essentially, wipe out what’s there.

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• Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.

  J. Michael Straczynski

• The point of mythology or myth is to point to the horizon and to point back to ourselves: This is who we are; this is where we came from; and this is where we’re going. And a lot of Western society over the last hundred years – the last 50 years really – has lost that. We have become rather aimless and wandering.

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• Take care, don’t fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

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• People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

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• On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us.

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• No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.

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• Never follow somebody else’s path; it doesn’t work the same way twice for anyone… the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.

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

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• It’s been amazing to watch, because for ‘Thor’, which was always a mid-selling book, to be in the top ten for every single issue since the reboot is just a great compliment.

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• If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.

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• I’ve written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck.

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• I’ve made a decision and now I must face the consequences.

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• 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 your intent. Usually. It just doesn’t always do it in the way you expect.

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• I was very clear that I wanted to keep ‘Thor’ out of the rest of the Marvel universe for no less than the first six issues. And the success of the book, I think, speaks well to that decision.

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• 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.

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J. Michael Straczynski (26)

Birth:	17th July, 1954
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Screenwriter, Television Producer, Writer

About

Joseph Michael Straczynski was born in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He is an American screenwriter, TV producer and comic book writer. He is the founder of Studio JMS, and is best known as the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon and its spinoff Crusade, as well as the series Jeremiah, and Sense8. He has written several films include: Changeling, Ninja Assassin, Thor, Underworld: Awakening, and World War Z. He has written several novels include: Earth 1 and Superman. He has written Superman, Wonder Woman, and Before Watchmen for DC Comics. He is the creator and writer of several original comic book series such as Rising Stars, Midnight Nation, and Dream Police. He earned a BA degree with a double major in psychology and sociology from San Diego State University.

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