J. Michael Straczynski Quotes
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.
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Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.
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I always watch the work I do.
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My fiance likes drawing on napkins, which I save. I'm always scared I'll get caught taking a linen napkin from a restaurant!
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I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.
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I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.
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In my career, I'm always trying to do something different.
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I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
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Nature can always be more complicated than we imagine.
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Sometimes you've got to know when it's time to leave the party.
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There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.
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Since Madonna is positioned as always 'cooler than thou,' we all are primed for schadenfreude if something in her fabulous life goes amiss.
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Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing.
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Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.
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It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel.
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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
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I sometimes read on the subway, but I'm a hopeless eavesdropper and get easily distracted by strangers' conversations.
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My first thought is always of light.
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It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.
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I'll dispose of my teeth as I see fit, and after they've gone, I'll get along. I started off living on gruel, and by God, I can always go back to it again.
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Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.
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I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.
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I think when you write a script, you can't help but pick up on what is happening in the press at that time and what's going on in the newspapers, so you reflect on that and you feed it into your stories in some way.
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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.
