I tell people the first time I decided to write a novel I was in my mid-20s, and it was, 'Well, it's time to see if I can do this.' I basically flipped a coin to see if I was going to write science fiction or if I was going to do a crime novel. The coin toss went to science fiction.

John Scalzi

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If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some be... by John Scalzi

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

treats want ideas

I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me y... by John Scalzi

I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head.

imaginary responsible action

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and... by John Scalzi

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.

humans mean people

I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old no... by John Scalzi

I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old now that's getting to me.

being-old young mind

Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will... by John Scalzi

Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.

different brain writing

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 are actively making it so.

levels differences people

If your social consciousness seems stuck in 1975, 2014 is gonna b... by John Scalzi

If your social consciousness seems stuck in 1975, 2014 is gonna be a rough ride.

stuck consciousness social

Libertarians secretly worried that ultimately someone will figure out the whole of their political philosophy boils down to “Get Off My Property.” News flash: This is not really a big secret to the rest of us.

political secret philosophy

Christianity is a fine religion and I wish more Christians practi... by John Scalzi

Christianity is a fine religion and I wish more Christians practiced it.

christianity christian wish

The original sin of Republicans is greed. Everyone understands greed. Everybody wants to get theirs. The original sin of Democrats is pity. Greed is more attractive, and a better motivator, than pity.

republican greed want

Now, you may think that this is some sort of generalized hatred that I will carry for the lot of you. Let me assure you that this is not the case. Each of you will fail, but you will fail in your own unique way, and therefore I will dislike each of you on an individual basis.

unique hatred thinking

Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens. by John Scalzi

Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens.

enjoy-life enjoy needs

Never anger a sci-fi writer. These people destroy entire planets over lunch. Imagine what they'll do to you.

imagine lunch people

It's easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she's never been anything but dead, than to miss her at all the places where she was alive.

easier alive missing

When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with.

high-school teenager love

I don't care whether I really exist or don't, whether I'm real or fictional. What I want right now is to be the person who decides my own fate.

When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else. by John Scalzi

When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else.

somewhere-else want kids

Don’t discount that part of who he was just because you didn’t know it. None of us are all of who we are to any one person.

discounts who-we-are persons

You would rather face a life without me than to have me choose a... by John Scalzi

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

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

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

sooner-or-later narrative