J. Michael Straczynski Quotes

All the violence in videos and movies, you can't tell me that that wouldn't influence a disturbed person.

I think we have too much violence in wrestling, on TV in general, and society as a whole.

We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does.

Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and hold up a liquor store and kill somebody. It really doesn't correlate.

I'm not sure that the problem of violence in society can be put at the feet of the entertainment industry.

Our society has gotten to the point where we might soon become less and less shocked by any kind of violence.

If you could place blame on entertainment for all the crimes people commit, you'd be in court all the livelong day.

Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.

Movies and television don't make you violent; all they do is channel the violence more creatively.

I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.

I feel like there is just as much violent programming in other countries and there is not the same incidence of factors. I think there are other factors contributing to violence in this country and not the media.

You were doing a TV show - you don't realise that you're also making social commentary at the same time.

But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.

The big thrillers may make people aware of the violence in the society, and I guess that serves a purpose.

I actually don't have a view on whether someone watching certain material that may be legal in some places, but might be obscene to somebody else, can trigger a violent streak in someone.

I do show violence as entertainment. Clearly, I'd be a liar if I said I didn't.

I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not a good thing for young kids.

Our children are being fed a daily dosage of violence …. I know this stuff sells, but that doesn't make it right.

Violence is a form of cinematic entertainment.

People who want to kill other people are the last people I want to party with, because I get mouthy when I drink.

Hopefully we'll get to a point where people realize movies don't cause violence. It just reflects the violence going on in the culture.

If you ever go behind the glass and look at the focus groups that are deciding what you're gonna watch, it's scary. This cross-section of people they just happen to bring in to decide the fate of mankind on television is really scary.

Musicians have the power to influence people and along with movie makers, they can reach and influence more people than any group of people, more than scientists and certainly more than politicians.

Television is completely another medium. For me, Lady Gaga and HBO are bringing us to mass culture.

People have become so literal because they're used to reality-based television.