There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast. (J. Michael Straczynski)

There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast.

J. Michael Straczynski

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