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 StraczynskiI'm sorry, but anyone who thinks the use of an angelic (or seemingly angelic character), whose likes have been written about for, oh, about 4,000 years, is ripping off Star Trek, has his head so thoroughly up his ass as to have blipped into an entirely new intestinally-based reality and desperately needs to get a wider frame of reference.
J. Michael StraczynskiScience fiction shows are traditionally about the gimmick or the gadget and tend to be emotionally cool to the touch.
J. Michael StraczynskiTo understand this whole area, you have to stop thinking like a viewer and start thinking like a network programming exec.
J. Michael Straczynski