J. Michael Straczynski Quotes

I think, a lot of time, when I'm making art, I'm trying to get into a state of childlike play, where I'm not self-conscious; I'm not worried about what the outcome is going to be. I'm just having fun.

Art is about going a little nuts... Kids do art for fun. It's playing.

I feel like fame can get into people's head, and you always hear that child actors are doing this, or parents are making their kids do that. I feel like, since we're kids, we have an imagination where we can do whatever we want at any time and if that it is their passion, they will tell you.

Art is a place where you can be wild. Kids-all of us-need that.

Passion mutates into procedures, into rules and roles. Instead of purpose, we focus on policies. Instead of being free to create, we impose constraints that squeeze the life out of us.

I think acting is totally conducive to being a little kid, because kids are less inhibited and use their imagination.

All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor.

I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it.

Lose your inhibitions about drawing and just do it.

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music.

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

You should do what you enjoy doing, what brings you passion. As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.

You write to become immortal, or because the piano happens to be open, or you've looked into a pair of beautiful eyes.

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.

Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.

I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

There are no rules in art.

When someone comes along and expresses him or herself as freely as they think, people flock to it. They enjoy it.

We are all born artists. If you have kids, you know what I mean. Almost everything kids do is art. They draw with crayons on the wall.

Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.

The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.