J. Michael Straczynski Quotes
All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.
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I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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If you've followed my career at all, you will know that I perform best in comfortable surroundings. Though other leagues may seem more enticing to other players, it's something I'm just not interested in doing personally.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Mr. Trump, you were elected mainly because you found a way to connect with the average blue-collar worker who's sick of the games politicians have been playing for years. Those same blue-collar folks, who go to church, want to feed their families, have to pay their taxes.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
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If I had a choice, I'd rather be admired less and have my husband tormented less. I'd prefer that people concentrate on a fair assessment of him and his Presidency.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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I am much more understanding of people than I used to be when I was young - people were either villainous or wonderful. They were painted in very bright colours. The bad side of it - and there is a corollary to everything - is that when we get older, we fuss more. I used to despise people who fussed.
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There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.
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Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.
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I love the solitude of reading. I love the deep dive into someone else's story, the delicious ache of a last page.
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I kept telling myself this word, process. Focus on my process, don't care about the result.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
