I like the physical action of writing down by hand, and I don't just use it for writing my fiction. Joe Haldeman More Quotes by Joe Haldeman More Quotes From Joe Haldeman Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery. Joe Haldeman adulterywritingbook All experience is memory, and so everything you write about is from memory-unless you're writing about typing. Joe Haldeman typingwritingmemories The worst advice a young writer can get is "Write what you know." Imagination is more important than experience. Joe Haldeman imaginationwritingadvice The 1143-year-long war hand begun on false pretenses and only because the two races were unable to communicate. Once they could talk, the first question was 'Why did you start this thing?' and the answer was 'Me? Joe Haldeman racewarhands Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man. Joe Haldeman eighttonightmen Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop. Joe Haldeman bagsdoctorsskins There's no such thing as writing about the future. The future hasn't happened yet. Joe Haldeman happenedwriting A good sign that an army has been around too long is that it starts getting top-heavy with officers. Joe Haldeman heavyarmylong Rationalism doesn't require "belief," only observation. The real, measurable world doesn't care what you believe. Joe Haldeman realbelieveworld Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being there…the way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted. Joe Haldeman buddhismrealityway Maybe war is an inevitable product of human nature. Maybe to get rid of war, we have to become something other than human. Joe Haldeman inevitablehuman-naturewar Big money seeks out the company of its own, for purposes of reproduction. Joe Haldeman companybigspurpose Don't 'write what you know.' Make up something new! Joe Haldeman something-newknowswriting [Spielberg and I] had a disagreement over what God was....He thought God was Stephen Spielberg, but that thought had never occurred to me. Joe Haldeman disagreement Writer's block? Don't worry about it. Either it goes away or you die. Joe Haldeman diesblockworry One thing most of us agree on is that the universe exists (people who deny that usually follow some trade other than science), so if some theoretical particle interaction would lead ultimately to the nonexistence of the universe, then you can save a lot of electricity by not trying to demonstrate it. Joe Haldeman electricitytryingpeople I have always valued quiet, and the eternity of it that I face is no more dreadful than the eternity of quiet that preceded my birth. Joe Haldeman birthfacesquiet One cannot make command decisions simply by assessing the tactical situation and going ahead with whatever course of action will do the most harm to the enemy with a minimum of death and damage to your own men and materiel. Modern warfare has become very complex, especially during the last century. Wars are won not by a simple series of battles won, but by a complex interrelationship among military victory, economic pressures, logistic maneuvering, access to the enemy’s information, political postures—dozens, literally dozens of factors. Joe Haldeman militarymenwar There's something special about writing by hand, writing with a fountain pen, and there's something special about writing into a book, to take a blank book and turn it into an actual book. Joe Haldeman penspecialwritingbook I suspect that war will become obsolete only when something worse supercedes it. Joe Haldeman onlysomethingwillwar
