J. Michael Straczynski Quotes - Page 6

A lot of the futuristic space stuff seemed to me to be a very cool form of science-fiction, so that was my first real baptism in the genre.

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.

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

I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.

All love is unrequited. All of it.

Coming from TV and film, rule number one is that you always service the main character first and foremost. If that's not working, you've got nothing.

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

I have friends in different parts of the world, and they'll all go online at the same time and all pull up a movie and hit play, at the same moment, and then they'll comment to each other about it. They're sharing an experience, even though they're on different parts of the planet.

You can only have one voice on set, and that has to be the director.

People in a cluster are bound to each other automatically, and can see each other automatically.

When you walk into a movie theater, you don't walk out half-way through, and then come back the next day to watch the rest of it.

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

I think for any writer, creating and controlling your own property is the ultimate dream.

I've worked on high visibility shows that weren't always the best, and low visibility shows that I love but that didn't have the PR behind them.

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.

You can't always relate to the big action things, but you can relate to small moments.

Science fiction shows are traditionally about the gimmick or the gadget and tend to be emotionally cool to the touch.

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

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.