John Scalzi Quotes - Page 2

If your social consciousness seems stuck in 1975, 2014 is gonna be a rough ride.

Fear sits and smiles and is predatory, immobile and silent and serene; an observer who conserves his energy and is content to wait.

It's easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she's never been anything but dead, than to miss her at all the places where she was alive.

You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well.

I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice.

I will not let my sales figures dictate what I say on the blog, because the blog is what I want to say.

My marriage had its ups and downs like anyone's, but when it came down to it, I knew it was solid. I miss that sort of security, and that sort of connection with someone.

In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly.

Star Wars is not entertainment. Star Wars is George Lucas masturbating to a picture of Joseph Campbell and conning billions of people into watching the money shot.

Ultimately the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don't engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level.

I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over the course of 25 years, she and I have talked about many of the issues and concerns for deaf people and deaf culture.

GamerGate is about harassing, threatening and silencing women. Started that way, has been that way all along. Dont pretend otherwise.

I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.

The story of how I left Huckleberry begins -- as do all worthy stories -- with a goat

I failed angst in high school. They let me graduate anyway.

I thought I saw him once, but it turned out to be a yeti

Guns don’t kill people. The aliens behind the triggers do.

When you lose someone you love, you die too, and you wait around for your body to catch up.

I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army.

When it came time to make the audiobook, Audible did an ingenious thing: they asked both Wil Wheaton and Amber Benson to record entire versions of the book. As the author, I'm impressed with Audible's commitment to my narrative -- and I'm geeking out that both Wil and Amber are reading my book. This is fantastic.

The more I want a book to be done, the faster I type because I just want to get it out.

Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; its a privately owned space on the Internet.

Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives.

Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you.

I both love and am terrified by Greg Van Eekhout's vision of Los Angeles. I already want to go back.