“ 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… J. Michael Straczynski
“ Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous... J. Michael Straczynski
“ The future is all around us, waiting in moments of transition to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of the future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in… J. Michael Straczynski
“ I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've actually done more police and procedural shows than I've ever done science fiction shows. I was on 'Murder She Wrote,'… J. Michael Straczynski
“ People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing ou… J. Michael Straczynski
“ There's a lot of comics writers out there whose work I appreciate and who are nice guys. I really want to work with guys I really respect and enjoy. J. Michael Straczynski
“ 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 J. Michael Straczynski
“ If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do. J. Michael Straczynski
“ 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
“ For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge… J. Michael Straczynski
“ A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight. J. Michael Straczynski
“ 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 lite… J. Michael Straczynski
“ 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
“ We are in a tech-heavy society, plunging headlong into an unknown future. Science fiction is what allows you to stand back and analyze the impact of that and put it in context of how it affects people… J. Michael Straczynski
“ I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we… J. Michael Straczynski
“ 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
“ Never follow somebody else's path it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way. J. Michael Straczynski
