--- title: "1 Written People Quotes By Jon Spaihts" description: "1 Written People quotes by Jon Spaihts. Plus more from Jon Spaihts and more Written People sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/jon-spaihts-19032_book_i-d-wanted-to-be-a-writer-since-i-was-kn_2253410.jpg" --- > [I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just happen, it was obviously that I would write them, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-d-wanted-to-be-a-writer-since-i-was-knee-high-once-i-knew-that/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/jon-spaihts-19032_book_i-d-wanted-to-be-a-writer-since-i-was-kn_2253410.jpg) ## More by Jon Spaihts > [Most of my life, I thought that I would end up a novelist. But then, in New York City, after college, I started a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/most-of-my-life-i-thought-that-i-would-end-up-a-novelist-but-then-in/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [I will never probably have the mathematical foundation to truly understand what string theorists are talking about, but it feels good, just for its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-will-never-probably-have-the-mathematical-foundation-to-truly/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [I grew up a really nerdy kid. I read science fiction and fantasy voraciously, for the first 16 years of my life. I read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-grew-up-a-really-nerdy-kid-i-read-science-fiction-and-fantasy/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [The world may hold startling developments and shocking unknowns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/the-world-may-hold-startling-developments-and-shocking-unknowns/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [I never stopped loving the deeper sciences, and I read as deeply into lay science as I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-never-stopped-loving-the-deeper-sciences-and-i-read-as-deeply-into/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [You want magic to feel real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/you-want-magic-to-feel-real/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [The reality of space travel I think is somewhere in the middle. We will get there, it will be hard, it will take a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/the-reality-of-space-travel-i-think-is-somewhere-in-the-middle-we/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [A lot of screenwriters have a drawer of unsold scripts that they cut their teeth on. I don't have one. Everything I've written, after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/a-lot-of-screenwriters-have-a-drawer-of-unsold-scripts-that-they-cut/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [I studied physics at Princeton when I was a college student, and my initial intention was to major in it but to also be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-studied-physics-at-princeton-when-i-was-a-college-student-and-my/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [The science fiction I write comes from a pretty deep pool of literature, not just from the reflection of other science fiction films, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/the-science-fiction-i-write-comes-from-a-pretty-deep-pool-of/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [When a new writer comes onto a project, he'll make wholesale changes just to mark the territory or for greater credit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/when-a-new-writer-comes-onto-a-project-he-ll-make-wholesale-changes/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [An X-wing fighter flies like an airplane. If you look at the physics, it's actually quite impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/an-x-wing-fighter-flies-like-an-airplane-if-you-look-at-the-physics/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [I think the greatest danger of the promise of space travel is that it can lead us to be cavalier about the world we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-think-the-greatest-danger-of-the-promise-of-space-travel-is-that-it/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [I try to keep up, and the scientific perspective is always part of my creative approach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-try-to-keep-up-and-the-scientific-perspective-is-always-part-of-my/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) > [You want the mystical understanding of the cosmos to feel compatible with a scientific understanding of the cosmos, like it extends our understanding rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/you-want-the-mystical-understanding-of-the-cosmos-to-feel-compatible/) [Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/written-people/jon-spaihts/#itemlist", "name": "1 Written People Quotes By Jon Spaihts", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. 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