John Scalzi

“This is the last time I would ever visit the cemetery or my wife's grave, but I didn't want to expend too…

— John Scalzi

If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.

— John Scalzi

“Is it good? It ain't Shakespeare, but then, Shakespeare wrote Titus Andronicus , so you tell me.”

— John Scalzi

“People don’t mind having the mystical aspect of a church being poorly defined as long as you make the rules of the…

— John Scalzi

I think that what I do, in terms of how I craft my words rhetorically, is fairly simple stuff. I don't mean…

— John Scalzi

“I'm more interested in becoming a commercial writer, and unfortunately, commentary on my writing from a bunch of other unpublished writers is…

— John Scalzi

“I live the life I live, and it’s the only life I have. No one else is out there in the universe…

— John Scalzi

Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us.

— John Scalzi

“Where is Ivan?”

— John Scalzi

“I worked in marketing,” Rachela I said. “Before I was a prophet. After, too, but we didn’t call it that after that…

— John Scalzi

“overthinking things is a hobby of mine. I’m the first to admit I’m weird”

— John Scalzi

I find it difficult to believe that Redditors don't understand that anonymity online is merely a facade; indeed, it's probably one of…

— John Scalzi

“The thing creators have to remember is that to a very real extent they are fictional characters to their fans—and that what fans want…

— John Scalzi

As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in…

— John Scalzi

I don't think we're at the point where most people are willing to get rid of body parts and replace them, but…

— John Scalzi

“Wicked isn't crazy, it's just got religion”

— John Scalzi

“Yes, and I have training dealing with deep, existential questions,” Dahl said. “The way I’m dealing with it right now is this:…

— John Scalzi

“But my writing won’t ever reflect the diversity that literature in general should be capable of. You need writers whose lives are…

— John Scalzi

“Only Norway regularly sends colonists from Europe, and we all know of that country’s ecological disasters.”

— John Scalzi

“I didn't choose the Nerd Life. The Nerd Life chose me. Awkwardly and without making eye contact.”

— John Scalzi

You would rather face a life without me than to have me choose a life I would not choose for myself.

— John Scalzi

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

— John Scalzi

“This is my rife. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rife is my best friend. It is…

— John Scalzi

“It's not an effective protest if it's not pissing people off.”

— John Scalzi

“Other science fiction shows had science advisers and consultants," Hanson pointed out. "It's science fiction, " Weinstein said. "The second part of…

— John Scalzi