I don’t look smug.” “You always look smug. You have…

“To everyone who thinks writing a sequel should be easy because you've already clreated the universe: Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! Heh.…

— John Scalzi

When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else.

— John Scalzi

Being poor is people wondering why you didn't leave.

— John Scalzi

“It’s a hell of a thing to say good-bye to your whole life.”

— John Scalzi

“That as far as I can tell,” Jenkins said, “it’s not actually a very good show.”

— John Scalzi

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

— John Scalzi

There's always been a little bit of tension between the writers of science fiction literature and then science-fiction televised shows or movies, partly because…

— John Scalzi

“I mean that you and I know that in this universe, God is a hack," he said. "He's a writer on an awful science…

— John Scalzi

“The diagnostics and modifications screens. Ugly and utilitarian, just like they have been since the very beginnings of visual user interface. They were beautiful.”

— John Scalzi

“You can’t afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace.”

— John Scalzi

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…

— John Scalzi

“It was this philosophy that had Harvey taking the hovercraft Sagan had stolen, mounting it, and, after a few moments to glean the fundamentals…

— John Scalzi

I tell people the first time I decided to write a novel I was in my mid-20s, and it was, 'Well, it's time to…

— John Scalzi

“I don't think food safety laws are going to protect you from a third carnitas burrito," Hanson said. "That's not about food safety. It's…

— John Scalzi

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

— John Scalzi