John Scalzi Quotes

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• My marriage had its ups and downs like anyone's, but when it came down to it, I knew it was solid. I miss that sort…
• Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.
• We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole.
• If your social consciousness seems stuck in 1975, 2014 is gonna be a rough ride.
• If your flirting strategy is indistinguishable from harassment, it's not everyone else that's the problem.
• When it came time to make the audiobook, Audible did an ingenious thing: they asked both Wil Wheaton and Amber Benson to record entire versions…
• I both love and am terrified by Greg Van Eekhout's vision of Los Angeles. I already want to go back.
• Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.
• GamerGate is about harassing, threatening and silencing women. Started that way, has been that way all along. Dont pretend otherwise.
• 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 of…
• Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do…
• The story of how I left Huckleberry begins -- as do all worthy stories -- with a goat
• There's a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people…
• If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.
• I failed angst in high school. They let me graduate anyway.
• I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head.
• Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives.
• You would rather face a life without me than to have me choose a life I would not choose for myself.
• Fear sits and smiles and is predatory, immobile and silent and serene; an observer who conserves his energy and is content to wait.
• I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old now that's getting to me.

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