Coalwood, West Virginia, is the little coal-mining town where I grew up, and it was there that five other teenage boys and I famously built and launched rockets. I recounted this story in my memoir, 'Rocket Boys.' — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
A lot of folks just get it in their head that, for instance, like writing memoirs is just easy. You just write down what happened. It doesn't quite work that way. — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
After marketing surveys by Universal Studios indicated that 'Rocket Boys' as a movie title would not attract the female over-age-thirty demographic, the film was… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
As I wrote more I became more critical of myself and I think that you have to be your harshest judge. I don't ever… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
Writer's block to me is where you stop because you're afraid to go forward because you're not sure of what really should be happening… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
The best way to learn to write is to read in the genre you might be interested in; then, you need to actually sit… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
NASA's charter is to give Americans the means to get into the wild, black yonder, beyond even the grasp of the federal government that… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
If politicians want to save money, that's fine. They can look for all the wasteful spending they want, but not where the lives of… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
My father lost an eye to a snapped cable while trying to rescue trapped miners, though he kept on working for fifteen years afterward. — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, one of my favorite places to go was a pine-filled hollow high on the mountain behind our house. It… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
“The way I see it, if everybody ran from bad things instead of trying to stop them, bad things would be all there is.” — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
When the moon was first visited in 1969, the astronauts brought back a treasure trove of unique minerals. Contained within specimens was an isotope… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
You must completely dedicate yourselves to it. To do less will be to let down your country, your state, your parents, your teachers, and… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
