John Scalzi
Author
1969-05-10
Books by John Scalzi
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Redshirts
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Old Man’s War
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The Last Colony
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Quotes by John Scalzi
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If your social consciousness seems stuck in 1975, 2014 is gonna be a rough ride.
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I'm more interested in becoming a commercial writer, and unfortunately, commentary on my writing from a bunch of other unpublished writers is of little utility in that regard. Being a better writer is something of a moot point, since if you're not a commercial writer to some extent, very few people will know whether your writing is any good or not.
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Making peace is often a simple thing, but simple isn't the same thing as easy.
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You can't afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace.
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That's what I'd ask you to do: Hope for peace. Because I know that I would love to be able to lay down my weapon and get to being a colonist. Just like you are. Just like I want to be.
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I'll say it: I want to see an ugly woman as a spokeswoman for a women's network. Ugly men are out there all the time – look at Larry King, for God's sake. He looks like someone's talking underwear. Why not give America a spokeswoman who ain't much to look at but is competent as Hell? If accomplishments actually count for women, this ought to be a no-brainer.
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Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals.
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Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives.
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Fear sits and smiles and is predatory, immobile and silent and serene; an observer who conserves his energy and is content to wait.
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In general there should be gay characters in YA because a) surprise, there are gay folks everywhere and b) in my opinion as a father, there's not a damn thing wrong with my child encountering gay folks in her literature, because see point a).
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For as much as I hate the cemetery, I've been grateful it's here, too. I miss my wife. It's easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she's never been anything but dead, than to miss her in all the places where she was alive.
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The failure mode of clever is —asshole.
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In general there should be gay characters in YA because a) surprise, there are gay folks everywhere and b) in my opinion as a father, there's not a damn thing wrong with my child encountering gay folks in her literature, because see point a).
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Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals.
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You can't afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace.
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If your social consciousness seems stuck in 1975, 2014 is gonna be a rough ride.
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I'm more interested in becoming a commercial writer, and unfortunately, commentary on my writing from a bunch of other unpublished writers is of little utility in that regard. Being a better writer is something of a moot point, since if you're not a commercial writer to some extent, very few people will know whether your writing is any good or not.
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Making peace is often a simple thing, but simple isn't the same thing as easy.
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For as much as I hate the cemetery, I've been grateful it's here, too. I miss my wife. It's easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she's never been anything but dead, than to miss her in all the places where she was alive.
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I'll say it: I want to see an ugly woman as a spokeswoman for a women's network. Ugly men are out there all the time – look at Larry King, for God's sake. He looks like someone's talking underwear. Why not give America a spokeswoman who ain't much to look at but is competent as Hell? If accomplishments actually count for women, this ought to be a no-brainer.
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