J. Michael Straczynski Quotes

We all hit moments when we feel helpless. The test is how we react to that feeling. We can either learn from it and move forward or let it drag us down.

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

It's all in how you look at your life, because no one has a wonderful life. But you can make it what you want it to be.

You start acting in spite of your neuroses, not because of them.

I'm a creative person who had a lot of dark time in my life. I can still get to it: I can still go to a relationship or a time when things weren't great. But it's getting further and further from me.

Have you recently been through a challenge, disappointment, break up or disloyalty with somebody in your life? If so, it's important after you've been hurt, to take some time to think like a lion tamer about your pain, so you can tame the possibility of more negativity coming back to bite you again!

You have to realize that myself and others that have been wrongfully convicted of crimes, we've dealt with the situation. You realize that you're not going to survive in prison or progress as a human being if you allow yourself to continue to hold on to this negative energy.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.

I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice.

The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

In treatment, all of the negative things I did were stripped away and I had to start processing my feelings.

Whatever each individual woman is facing - only she knows her biggest challenge.

Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have never been conventional.

Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.

Cancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong.

A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.

I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my 'spaceship' and it was my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or as a starting point. I chose to begin life again.

You hold the keys of change within you. You be the change you want to see.

The message I want to give my fans is, always have a way to pull yourself out of the dark place. Don't sit and cry about it. Have your moment, and then get over it.

I was raised in an atmosphere of 'everything's fine.' But as I got older, I was like, 'Well no, everything's not fine. There is stuff that's sad.' I am a really sensitive person. I think I am too sensitive sometimes.

It's not that I want to necessarily avoid my darker moments, but I don't capitalize them and put a crown on them and tote them around as the answer anymore.

I'd spent my childhood thinking bad things, bad things every day. It had made me sick, but it had made me determined.