J. Michael Straczynski Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• 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.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Book, Issues, Watches

  "Holding the Hammer: JMS Talks Thor". Interview with Chris Arrant, www.newsarama.com. October 17, 2008.

• The only thing that I discovered very early on is that, even though we might change schools and cities and towns and states, the books in the library were the same. They had the same covers. They had the same characters. I could go and visit those people in the library as if I knew them.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Book, School, Character

  Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. September 5, 2000.

• The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Running, Book, Writing

  "J. Michael Straczynski’s Superman: Outsider with a vulnerable heart". Interview with Jevon Phillips, herocomplex.latimes.com. November 5, 2012.

• 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 people who don't have to be polite to you.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Book, Hunting, People

  "Exclusive: J. Michael Straczynski Talks About... Well, Everything". Interview with Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. February 1, 2011.

• I'm all for crossovers if they benefit the individual books.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Book, Benefits, Individual

  "J. Michael Straczynski Talks Studio JMS, Joe’s Comics, EPIDEMIC, VLAD DRACULA, His Desire To Work With Neil Gaiman, and More". Interview with Bill Graham, collider.com. July 28, 2012.

• A movie is a movie and a book is a book, and they have different rules.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Book, Different

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

• I want to have time. When you're doing a monthly book, you're like a man racing after a bus. You're breathless and red-faced. I want to build in quality control.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Book, Men, Racing

  "J. Michael Straczynski Talks Studio JMS, Joe’s Comics, EPIDEMIC, VLAD DRACULA, His Desire To Work With Neil Gaiman, and More". Interview with Bill Graham, collider.com. July 28, 2012.

• 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.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Book, Men, Events

  "Holding the Hammer: JMS Talks Thor". Interview with Chris Arrant, www.newsarama.com. October 17, 2008.

• 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.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Success, Book, Thinking

  "Holding the Hammer: JMS Talks Thor". Interview with Chris Arrant, www.newsarama.com. October 17, 2008.

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