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J. Michael Straczynski Biography

J. Michael Straczynski

Joseph Michael Straczynski (/strəˈzɪnski/; born July 17, 1954), known professionally as J. Michael Straczynski and informally as Joe Straczynski or jms, is an American television and film screenwriter, producer and director, 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 5 (1993–1998) and its spinoff Crusade (1999), as well as the series Jeremiah (2002–2004), and Sense8 (2015–2018).

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When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree by the river of truth, and tell the whole world 'No, You Move.

Jobs, Mob, Moving, Plant, Press, Rivers

A lot of television tends to assume that audiences don't have the attention span or the IQ to follow a lot of stuff.

Attention, Audiences, Follow, Stuff, Television

It is imperative for many branches of fundamentalist christianity to constantly feel conspired against. . . so they cite humanist manifestos and theosophical societies and concoct these vast and dark organizations that exist nowhere but in the minds of those who conceive these theories.

Branches, Conceive, Dark, Mind, Nowhere, Organization

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

Except, Medium, Mediums, Suck, Written

On most TV shows, you work on a set and do some location.

Location, Set, Tv Shows, Tvs, Work

We walk in dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge and no one may pass. We live for the One. We die for the One. -- the Ranger oath

Bridge, Bridges, Dark, Enter, May

If every violent program in the nation were blipped off the air for 48 hours, and replaced by reruns of the 'Donna Reed Show', there would not be one less death in South Central LA. At most you'd have several more incidents of people shooting out their TVs.

Air, People, Tvs, Violent

There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy. . . the list goes on.

Age, Interest, Kids, Robin, Sidekicks, Stripesy

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.

Comfort, Know, Life, Thinking, Thought, Worse

I like writing. It's partly control freak, and partly I really like what I do for a living. I have the luckiest job in the world. I can get up every day and do what I love for a living.

Control, Jobs, Like, World, Writing

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.

Believer, Big, Choices, Ideas, Sum, Tears

I am big believer in the notion that as a species we are better together than we are apart, that the common core of our shared humanity is stronger than that which seeks to marginalize us and factualize us and turn us against each other.

Against, Big, Humanity, Seeks, Stronger, Together

Budget grows out of the story. If you're writing a story with people caught in an elevator for most of the film, you're pretty sure it won't be a $200 million movie.

Caught, Movie, People, Stories, Story, Writing

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

Arms, Dictator, Forever, Invader, Population

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.

Careers, Entertainment, Gets, Middle, Nature

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.

Challenges, Important, Order, Stories, Work

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.

Book, Reflection, Running, Time, Writing

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

Side, Sword, Three, Understanding, Your Side

When in doubt, blow something up.

Blow, Doubt, Funny, Writing

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.

Childhood, Dna, Drawn, Kind, Opportunity, Thinking

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