J. Michael Straczynski Quotes

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• Life isn't about the final moments, it's about the journey, it's about process. What makes Rocky work as a movie is seeing him working his way up from the streets to the arena and the fight of his life. You could just show that fight, and it would be great, but seeing that journey illuminates that fight and adds profound meaning to it.

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  Fighting, Journey, Profound

  "JMS Gives New BEFORE WATCHMEN Details, Defends Project". Interview with Vaneta Rogers, www.newsarama.com. March 17, 2012.

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• 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 something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: The requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world -- "No, YOU move.

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  Country, Jobs, Believe

  "Amazing Spider-Man". Comics by J. Michael Straczynski,

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• The universe considers me its personal cat toy.

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  Cat, Toys, Universe

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• Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous.

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  Voice, Trying, Guarantees

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• 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 we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.

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  Passion, Kids, Thinking

  "Q&A: Changeling Writer J. Michael Straczynski". Interview with Gilbert Cruz, content.time.com. October 23, 2008.

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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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  Wisdom, Time, Past

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• I have this theory that the more important and intimate the emotion, the fewer words are required to express it. For instance in dating: 'Will you go out with me?' Six words. 'I really care for you.' Five words. 'You matter to me' Four words. 'I love you.' Three words. 'Marry me.' Two words. Well, what's left? What's the one most important and intimate word you can ever say to somebody?
  
  'Goodbye...'

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Life, Goodbye, Love You

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• If your going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones.

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  Might, Delusion, Wells

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• 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 fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.

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  Life, Thinking, Awful

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• There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender.

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  Dream, War, Fighting

  "Fictional character: Citizen G'Kar". TV Series "Babylon 5" ("Z'ha'dum", 1996), www.imdb.com. (1994–1998).

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• Greatness is never appreciated in youth, called pride in midlife, dismissed in old age, and reconsidered in death. Because we cannot tolerate greatness in our midst, we do all we can do destroy it.

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  Appreciation, Pride, Greatness

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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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  Life, Way, Next

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• You don't buy into huge car chases or sensates or interstellar warfare, but you can buy into a loving relationship or a father-son relationship, and you can buy into the small humor. If you want to make your fiction universal, go small. That's the best way to do it.

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  Father, Son, Car

  Source: collider.com

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• 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 go for it. It's never too late to become what you always wanted to be in the first place.

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  Passion, Too Late, Firsts

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• It is not for the gods to decide whether or not Man exists - it is for Man to decide whether or not the gods exist.

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  Men, God Exists

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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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  Leadership, Fighting, Differences

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• 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 we must choose to use it. We're told every day, You can't change the world. But the world is changing every day. Only question is who's doing it? You or somebody else?

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  Use, World, Firsts

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• 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: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The methodologies are diametrically opposed, but their motivation is the same; the wellspring is the same in both cases.

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  Motivational, Looks, Asking

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• Wouldn't it be much worse if life really were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us happen because we really deserve them?

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  Terrible, Happens, Fairs

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• I'm all for teaching creation and allowing prayers in schools, as soon as scholars begin teaching Darwinism and geometry in church.

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  Prayer, Teaching, School

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• 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 in how we deal with those tears.

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  Ideas, Choices, Tears

  "From 'Moloch' To 'Superman Earth One Vol. 2': The J. Michael Straczynski Interview". Interview with Valerie Gallaher, www.mtv.com. November 12, 2012.

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• Like everyone else, I am going to die. But the words - the words live on for as long as there are readers to see them, audiences to hear them. It is immortality by proxy. It is not really a bad deal, all things considered.

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  Writing, Long, Immortality

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• 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 strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.

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  Believe, Hero, Adversity

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• 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 then it’s gone forever.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Atheist

  "Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5: "Passing Through Gethsemane"/jms speaks". www.midwinter.com. July 13, 2004.

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

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  Communication, Two Sides, Quality

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