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
hero men people
Did Alan Moore get screwed on his contract? Of course. Lots of people get screwed, but we still have Spider-Man and lots of other heroes.
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.
shoes feet reason
Faith and reason are the shoes on your feet. You can travel further with both than you can with just one.
gadgets gimmicks fiction
Science fiction shows are traditionally about the gimmick or the gadget and tend to be emotionally cool to the touch.
pain waiting shapes
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.
atheist believe mean
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.
cat toys universe
The universe considers me its personal cat toy.
small-moments action bigs
You can't always relate to the big action things, but you can relate to small moments.
dream writing thinking
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 literally the goals I set for myself, the dreams that I thought I didn't have a chance in hell of ever actually achieving. But it's happened.
jobs writing world
I like writing. It's partly control freak, and partly I really like what I do for a living. I have the luckiest job in the world. I can get up every day and do what I love for a living.
country growing-up kids
Growing up as a kid, we moved all over the country on a fairly frequent basis, from New Jersey to Texas, California, Illinois... we moved 21 times in my first 17 years.
growing-up responsibility views
For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
dark organization mind
It is imperative for many branches of fundamentalist christianity to constantly feel conspired against...so they cite humanist manifestos and theosophical societies and concoct these vast and dark organizations that exist nowhere but in the minds of those who conceive these theories.
art dreamer tools
We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers.We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocations of equations. These are the tools we employ and we know many things.