People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. J. Michael Straczynski blamecapableenergy share on social
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. J. Michael Straczynski awarecellularlevel Change image and share on social
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 brainchemicalcreate Change image and share on social
I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences. J. Michael Straczynski consequencedecisionface Change image and share on social
When it comes down to it, the reason that science fiction endures is that it is, at its core, an optimistic genre. What it says at the end of the day is that there is a tomorrow, we do go on, we don't extinguish ourselves and leave the planet to the cockroaches. J. Michael Straczynski cockroachcoreday share on social
We know that if memory is destroyed in one part of the brain, it can be sometimes re-created on a different part of the brain. And once we can unravel that amino chain of chemicals that is responsible for memory, I see no reason why we can't unlock it and, essentially, wipe out what's there. J. Michael Straczynski aminobrainchain share on social
It's really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harshly critical of my own work in order to learn and tell better stories. J. Michael Straczynski challengecriticalgrow Change image and share on social
I wake up every morning knowing how ridiculously lucky I am to be able to do what I love for a living, and that sense of wonder never, ever wears off. J. Michael Straczynski knowlivelove Change image and share on social
I was born in Patterson, New Jersey, and raised pretty much all around the country. My family tended to move from place to place following economic prospects and jobs and looking for new opportunities, so we changed schools, colleges, grade schools, high schools every 6 months to a year - depending on the breaks. J. Michael Straczynski bearbreakchange share on social
I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've actually done more police and procedural shows than I've ever done science fiction shows. I was on 'Murder She Wrote,' I was on 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' I was on 'Jake and the Fat Man.' J. Michael Straczynski creativelyfatfiction share on social