J. Michael Straczynski
J. Michael Straczynski
Joseph Michael Straczynski, known professionally as J. Michael Straczynski and informally as Joe Straczynski or jms, is an American screenwriter, television 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 5and its spinoff Crusade, Jeremiah, and Sense8...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
Date of Birth17 July 1954
CountryUnited States of America
reality sometimes unlikely
I sometimes find reality far more fantastical and unlikely than what I could just make up.
dream heart who-we-are
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS If we are to be who we are; if we are to accomplish great things; then we must learn the heart's most essential rule: NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
prayer teaching school
I'm all for teaching creation and allowing prayers in schools, as soon as scholars begin teaching Darwinism and geometry in church.
mind ashes want
I've changed my mind. I've decided that at the end I want to be cremated and my ashes scattered over someone I don't like.
writing levels sometimes
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.
mind
I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
running book writing
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.
teaching priorities challenges
What are the purposes and priorities of teaching? . . . First, to inspire. Second, to challenge. Third, and only third, to impart information.
ideas choices tears
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.
fans fiction stories
I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was.
weed character focus
When writers don't know what to do with a character, they build up the supporting cast and universe to kind of hide that fact. After a while, you can no longer see the character for the underbrush. When that happens, you need to bring out the weed-whacker to clear some of that away so you can focus on the main character.
dream firsts attention
To have someone like Clint Eastwood come along and shoot your first draft as written is just any screenwriter's dream. And Clint is very straightforward. If it's good enough to get his attention, it's good enough to produce.
jobs kids drawing
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.
zombie fans exaggeration
I am a huge zombie fan. I have probably seen the George Romero movies 100 times each, without exaggeration.