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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/a-lot-of-folks-just-get-it-in-their-head-that-for-instance-like/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

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## More by Homer Hickam

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/after-marketing-surveys-by-universal-studios-indicated-that-rocket/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/as-i-wrote-more-i-became-more-critical-of-myself-and-i-think-that-you/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/writer-s-block-to-me-is-where-you-stop-because-you-re-afraid-to-go/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [The best way to learn to write is to read in the genre you might be interested in; then, you need to actually sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/the-best-way-to-learn-to-write-is-to-read-in-the-genre-you-might-be/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/nasa-s-charter-is-to-give-americans-the-means-to-get-into-the-wild/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/if-politicians-want-to-save-money-that-s-fine-they-can-look-for-all/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/a-rocket-won-t-fly-unless-somebody-lights-the-fuse/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [My father lost an eye to a snapped cable while trying to rescue trapped miners, though he kept on working for fifteen years afterward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/my-father-lost-an-eye-to-a-snapped-cable-while-trying-to-rescue/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/when-i-was-a-boy-one-of-my-favorite-places-to-go-was-a-pine-filled/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [“The way I see it, if everybody ran from bad things instead of trying to stop them, bad things would be all there is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/the-way-i-see-it-if-everybody-ran-from-bad-things-instead-of-trying/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [When the moon was first visited in 1969, the astronauts brought back a treasure trove of unique minerals. Contained within specimens was an isotope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/when-the-moon-was-first-visited-in-1969-the-astronauts-brought-back-a/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [You must completely dedicate yourselves to it. To do less will be to let down your country, your state, your parents, your teachers, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/you-must-completely-dedicate-yourselves-to-it-to-do-less-will-be-to/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [The key to not getting rejected if you're writing for a magazine, is to know to read that magazine and know everything about them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/the-key-to-not-getting-rejected-if-you-re-writing-for-a-magazine-is/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [Tired of burning fossil fuel and polluting the planet? The moon is covered with helium 3, an isotope from the sun that is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/tired-of-burning-fossil-fuel-and-polluting-the-planet-the-moon-is/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

> [My father use to say if coal died, the country died. He was right. Our economy rests on the back of the coal miner.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/my-father-use-to-say-if-coal-died-the-country-died-he-was-right-our/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

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