J. Michael Straczynski Quotes - Page 6

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• A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always limitations on what you can and can't do. But I enjoy that. Just like when you write a sonnet or haiku, there are rules you have to abide by. And to me, playing within the rules is the fun part. It keeps the brain fresh.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Fun, Writing, Differences

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

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Decision, Faces, Made

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• There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Writing, Want, Contrast

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• I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Mind

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

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• At its heartmeat core, writing is about exploring the questions of your heart on the assumption that what intrigues you, what inflames or amuses or ennobles you, will have the same effect on someone else. It's about taking chances, and taking risks, and pushing yourself to be honest in the issues that present themselves.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Heart, Writing, Issues

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• Whenever you write for someone else, you're always aware - sometimes overtly, other times at an almost cellular, subliminal level - of the rules about what you can and can't do.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Writing, Levels, Sometimes

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• 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.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Play, Pull Ups, Different

  Source: collider.com

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

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Voice, Directors

  Source: collider.com

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

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Tv Shows, Location, Tvs

  Source: collider.com

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

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Small Moments, Action, Bigs

  Source: collider.com

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

  J. Michael Straczynski

  People, Clusters, Bounds

  Source: collider.com

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

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Gimmicks, Fiction, Gadgets

  Source: collider.com

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

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Stuff, Attention, Television

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Visibility, Lows, Shows

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

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  Next Day, Way, Watches

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

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

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Dream, Thinking, Creating

  "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.

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• 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.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Writing, People, Stories

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

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