John Scalzi

“There's always been a little bit of tension between the writers of science fiction literature and then science-fiction televised shows or movies, partly because they have a different dynamic.”

“Rich 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.”

“I will not let my sales figures dictate what I say on the blog, because the blog is what I want to say.”

“I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice.”

“Trust your weapon, it is almost certainly smarter than you are. Remember this and you may yet live.”

“I would say I'm a medium-sized 'Star Trek' fan. I love the universe that it's created.”

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

“Making peace is often a simple thing, but simple isn’t the same thing as easy.”

“I'm going to go pee. If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.”

“People start panicking because they think it's the end of everything. But the fact is, you know, books survived movies; books survived TV. Books are surviving manga and anime. Books will always be there in one form or another. You just have a larger palette of entertainment options.”

“Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives.”

“The way that I write novels in particular is I don't usually outline; I just write. Part of the fun is discovering what's happening in the story as I'm going along.”

“The rest of the rebels were recruited from the ranks of the young and excitable and had rather more enthusiasm than skill.”

“People imagine that there are rituals, like lighting candles or sacrificing chickens. They really just want to know what the magic formula is for writing. I inevitably disappoint them by saying you just put your butt in the chair, and you write 500 words a day, and then you get up and repeat it the next morning.”

“I find it difficult to believe that Redditors don't understand that anonymity online is merely a facade; indeed, it's probably one of the reasons that revealing the identity of pseudonymous Redditors is looked on as such a huge betrayal.”

“Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals.”

“People are worried about their bodies. They're worried about disease. They're worried about how they are able to get out and participate in the world.”

“In 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).”

“Relations were never good (how comfortable can you really be with a race that sees you as a nutritious part of a complete breakfast).”

“When I'm writing a novel or doing other serious writing work, I do it on a schedule that dictates writing either 2,000 words a day or writing until noon. After I hit whichever mark comes first, then I can give my attention to everything else I have to do.”