Stun settings are for people who can't commit. J. Michael Straczynski More Quotes by J. Michael Straczynski More Quotes From J. Michael Straczynski What are the purposes and priorities of teaching? . . . First, to inspire. Second, to challenge. Third, and only third, to impart information. J. Michael Straczynski prioritiesteachingchallenges My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out. J. Michael Straczynski wantphilosophyrooms There are people in life, who show you how to live. There are people in life, who show you how to die. J. Michael Straczynski showslifepeople Thank you, but I'm afraid I can't accept your compliment. You see, I'm an atheist, so if I'm also God, that would mean that I don't believe in myself, and at this point in my life, I don't need the added insecurity. J. Michael Straczynski atheistmeanbelieve I was born in Patterson, New Jersey, and raised pretty much all around the country. My family tended to move from place to place following economic prospects and jobs and looking for new opportunities, so we changed schools, colleges, grade schools, high schools every 6 months to a year - depending on the breaks. J. Michael Straczynski jobscountrymoving I can easily come up with ten really iconic stories/trade paperbacks for Superman, Batman, others... name me ten equally big, iconic Wonder Woman stories. Much harder. That ain't the character's fault, that isn't sexism, that's just not servicing the character. J. Michael Straczynski namesstoriescharacter I don't need to write comics for a living. I have movies and TV for that. I write comics for one reason and one reason only: I love comics. I love the form, the structure, the storytelling process, I love everything about it. J. Michael Straczynski tvswritingneeds 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 successbookthinking It's really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harshly critical of my own work in order to learn and tell better stories. J. Michael Straczynski importantchallengesorder On a purely personal level, it's very strange, because as a kid, Superman informed my personality. Now I've been given the job of forming Superman's personality and, in some ways, drawing on my own background. J. Michael Straczynski drawingjobskids Superhero stories are kind of in my DNA from childhood on, so I think I'm genetically drawn to playing in the genre when the opportunity presents itself. J. Michael Straczynski dnaopportunitythinking The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain. J. Michael Straczynski transitionpainwaiting 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 characterbookschool Here's the miracle: I grew up thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great to write 'Superman' someday? Wouldn't it be great to create my own show, or work on 'Lensman,' or 'Forbidden Planet?'' Those were very literally the goals I set for myself, the dreams that I thought I didn't have a chance in hell of ever actually achieving. But it's happened. J. Michael Straczynski dreamwritingthinking 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. J. Michael Straczynski brainmemoriesthinking The sky was full of stars, and every star an exploding ship. J. Michael Straczynski starsskywar I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons. J. Michael Straczynski adultsgrew-upcartoon I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was. J. Michael Straczynski fansstoriesfiction I sometimes find reality far more fantastical and unlikely than what I could just make up. J. Michael Straczynski unlikelysometimesreality I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck. J. Michael Straczynski mediumswritten
