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Again, one of the problems I have with television, as I mentioned before, is it's trivial in many ways, and I think that a lot of folks out there are looking for new metaphors and new ways of thinking about things.

J. Michael Straczynski

If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.

J. Michael Straczynski

Change

Idea

World

I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck.

J. Michael Straczynski

Poetry

I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.

J. Michael Straczynski

Decision

Consequences

Now

I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect.

J. Michael Straczynski

I was very clear that I wanted to keep 'Thor' out of the rest of the Marvel universe for no less than the first six issues. And the success of the book, I think, speaks well to that decision.

J. Michael Straczynski

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.

J. Michael Straczynski

Memory

All love is unrequited. All of it.

J. Michael Straczynski

Love

I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.

J. Michael Straczynski

Writing

A changeling is one child substituted for another. I couldn't find anything more apt. We had to kind of fight that supernatural element in the publicity, and I offered to try and find another title, but Clint liked it, and it stayed.

J. Michael Straczynski

Fight

Publicity

Supernatural

It's been amazing to watch, because for 'Thor', which was always a mid-selling book, to be in the top ten for every single issue since the reboot is just a great compliment.

J. Michael Straczynski

Compliment

I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The methodologies are diametrically opposed, but their motivation is the same; the wellspring is the same in both cases.

J. Michael Straczynski

Religion

Science

Motivation

Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.

J. Michael Straczynski

Truth

Understanding

My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.

J. Michael Straczynski

Hell

Want

Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails, we got pulled into some big event book or crossover and it cost momentum and messed badly with the pacing and structure of the book.

J. Michael Straczynski

Time