02c. 1991 ADFor as much as I hate the cemetery, I’ve been grateful it’s here, too. I miss my wife. It’s easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she’s never been anything but dead, than to miss her in all the places where she was alive.John Scalzi / quote ↗
03c. 1991 ADIn general there should be gay characters in YA because a) surprise, there are gay folks everywhere and b) in my opinion as a father, there’s not a damn thing wrong with my child encountering gay folks in her literature, because see point a).John Scalzi / quote ↗
04c. 1991 ADFear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives.John Scalzi / quote ↗
05c. 1991 ADFear sits and smiles and is predatory, immobile and silent and serene; an observer who conserves his energy and is content to wait.John Scalzi / quote ↗
07c. 1991 ADI'll say it: I want to see an ugly woman as a spokeswoman for a women's network. Ugly men are out there all the time – look at Larry King, for God's sake. He looks like someone's talking underwear. Why not give America a spokeswoman who ain't much to look at but is competent as Hell? If accomplishments actually count for women, this ought to be a no-brainer.John Scalzi / quote ↗
08c. 1991 ADThat’s what I’d ask you to do: Hope for peace. Because I know that I would love to be able to lay down my weapon and get to being a colonist. Just like you are. Just like I want to be.John Scalzi / quote ↗
09c. 1991 ADMaking peace is often a simple thing, but simple isn’t the same thing as easy.John Scalzi / quote ↗
10c. 1991 ADYou can’t afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace.John Scalzi / quote ↗
11c. 1991 ADI'm more interested in becoming a commercial writer, and unfortunately, commentary on my writing from a bunch of other unpublished writers is of little utility in that regard. Being a better writer is something of a moot point, since if you're not a commercial writer to some extent, very few people will know whether your writing is any good or not.John Scalzi / quote ↗
12c. 1991 ADIf your social consciousness seems stuck in 1975, 2014 is gonna be a rough ride.John Scalzi / quote ↗
13c. 1991 ADDestiny gets compressed, you know, into just that small fraction of a second you have right in front of you at any one time. And there’s nothing romantic about keeping your head down to avoid getting shot, or trying to save a friend who’s been injured, or coming face to face with a creature who is as smart and mean and as terrified of dying as you are, and who wants to make sure that if someone is left on the ground there, it’s you and not it.John Scalzi / quote ↗
14c. 1991 ADCreativity eventually comes from the need not to have ourselves or other people eaten by leopards.John Scalzi / quote ↗
15c. 1991 ADI was getting away with something in my own way. But then I get here and saw you, brain-dead and with tubes coming out of every part of your body. And I realized I wasn't getting away with anything. Just like you didn't get away with anything. You were just born, fucked around for a while, got hit by a car and died, and that's your whole life story right there. You don't win by getting through all you life not having done anything.John Scalzi / quote ↗
16c. 1991 ADTrust your weapon, it is almost certainly smarter than you are. Remember this and you may yet live.John Scalzi / quote ↗
17c. 1991 ADDreher laments we now live in a “post-Christian” America, but he’s wrong. The Americans who are standing with their loved ones and neighbors are in fact doing exactly what Jesus asked them to do, when he said that we should love each other as we love ourselves. It’s possible, however, that we live in a post-accepting-bigotry-cloaking-itself-in-the-raiments-of-Christ America. And, you know. I can live in that America just fine.John Scalzi / quote ↗
18c. 1991 ADRich people show their appreciation through favors. When everyone you know has more money than they know what to do with, money stops being a useful transactional tool. So instead you offer favors. Deals. Quid pro quos. Things that involve personal involvement rather than money. Because when you're that rich, your personal time is your limiting factor.John Scalzi / quote ↗
19c. 1991 ADI do not mind when you tell me what you want and put that first instead of last.John Scalzi / quote ↗
20c. 1991 ADYes, he's an equal opportunity asshole," Szilard said. "And he's aware of it, which he thinks means it's okay.John Scalzi / quote ↗
22c. 1991 ADTo everyone who thinks writing a sequel should be easy because you've already clreated the universe: Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! Heh. No.John Scalzi / quote ↗
23c. 1991 ADWhat is it like when you lose someone you love?" Jane asked."You die, too. And you wait around for your body to catch up.John Scalzi / quote ↗
24c. 1991 ADPart of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us. I miss meaning something to someone, having that part of being human.John Scalzi / quote ↗
