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
character numbers firsts
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.
careers entertainment contracts
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.
freak control-freak
I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
zombie fans exaggeration
I am a huge zombie fan. I have probably seen the George Romero movies 100 times each, without exaggeration.
cartoon adults grew
I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons.
book benefits individual
I'm all for crossovers if they benefit the individual books.
reality sometimes unlikely
I sometimes find reality far more fantastical and unlikely than what I could just make up.
memories thinking brain
I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.
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.
dream thinking creating
I think for any writer, creating and controlling your own property is the ultimate dream.
fans fiction stories
I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was.
unrequited-love love-is unrequited
All love is unrequited. All of it.
mind arguing speak
For me, there's nothing sexier than a woman who can argue me into the ground and outsmart me... a woman who knows her own mind and isn't afraid to speak it.
book men racing
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.