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Joe Haldeman quotes: Maybe war is an inevitable product of human nature. Maybe to get rid of war, we have to become something other than human. 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 quotes: I think any writer keeps going back to some basic theme. Sometimes it's autobiographical. I guess it usually is. I think any writer keeps going back to some basic theme. Sometimes it's autobiographical. I guess it usually is.
Joe Haldeman quotes: War is the province of danger and therefore courage above all things is the first quality of a warrior, von Clausewitz maintained. War is the province of danger and therefore courage above all things is the first quality of a warrior, von Clausewitz maintained.
Joe Haldeman quotes: But I decided that buying the gift was more for me than for her, anyhow. A commercial kind of substitute for prayer. But I decided that buying the gift was more for me than for her, anyhow. A commercial kind of substitute for prayer.
Joe Haldeman quotes: The worst advice a young writer can get is "Write what you know." Imagination is more important than experience. The worst advice a young writer can get is "Write what you know." Imagination is more important than experience.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Have you had your first baby yet? I might have one myself, once they find a way for the man to carry it around the first nine months. Have you had your first baby yet? I might have one myself, once they find a way for the man to carry it around the first nine months.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Heaven was a lovely, unspoiled Earth-like world; what Earth might have been like if men had treated her with compassion instead of lust. Heaven was a lovely, unspoiled Earth-like world; what Earth might have been like if men had treated her with compassion instead of lust.
Joe Haldeman quotes: I like the physical action of writing down by hand, and I don't just use it for writing my fiction. I like the physical action of writing down by hand, and I don't just use it for writing my fiction.
Joe Haldeman quotes: I suspect that war will become obsolete only when something worse supercedes it. I suspect that war will become obsolete only when something worse supercedes it.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Most science fiction is about white men who are 25 to 30, who are very smart, who face a physical problem and solve it. Most science fiction is about white men who are 25 to 30, who are very smart, who face a physical problem and solve it.
Joe Haldeman quotes: One rash person in the right place and earth could be a sterile cinder in seconds, but that's been more-or-less true for a century. One rash person in the right place and earth could be a sterile cinder in seconds, but that's been more-or-less true for a century.
Joe Haldeman quotes: She said she promised her mother that she would never drink a drop of wine. That was the drop she never drank. She said she promised her mother that she would never drink a drop of wine. That was the drop she never drank.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Christ and Buddha, Christ and Buddha,
Joe Haldeman quotes: No good deed goes unpunished. I missed the moon landing by being nice to a stranger. No good deed goes unpunished. I missed the moon landing by being nice to a stranger.
Joe Haldeman quotes: You live, you die, they throw you on the compost heap. Then you live again, without the inconvenience of consciousness. You live, you die, they throw you on the compost heap. Then you live again, without the inconvenience of consciousness.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Don't worry about that, Man, just make out my ticket. Don't worry about that, Man, just make out my ticket.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Political art - not always a contradiction in terms - can destroy institutions, or eat away at them. Political art - not always a contradiction in terms - can destroy institutions, or eat away at them.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Oriental marionette imitating an occidental gesture. Oriental marionette imitating an occidental gesture.
Joe Haldeman quotes: I carry a notebook and write down things to do, and I write out thoughts and stuff like that. I carry a notebook and write down things to do, and I write out thoughts and stuff like that.
Joe Haldeman quotes: 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. 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 quotes: [H]is skin was the color of age and his features the shape of a saint's. [H]is skin was the color of age and his features the shape of a saint's.
Joe Haldeman quotes: On Earth, we'd just use glue, but here the only fluid was helium, which has lots of interesting properties, but is definitely not sticky. On Earth, we'd just use glue, but here the only fluid was helium, which has lots of interesting properties, but is definitely not sticky.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Politicians cover their mistakes with money; cooks cover their mistakes with mayonnaise; doctors cover theirs with dirt. Politicians cover their mistakes with money; cooks cover their mistakes with mayonnaise; doctors cover theirs with dirt.
Joe Haldeman quotes: No person can escape Einsteinian relativity, and no soldier or veteran can escape the trauma of war's dislocation. No person can escape Einsteinian relativity, and no soldier or veteran can escape the trauma of war's dislocation.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Perhaps all great loves are that, a secret that can't be shared. Perhaps all great loves are that, a secret that can't be shared.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man. Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man.
Joe Haldeman quotes: All experience is memory, and so everything you write about is from memory-unless you're writing about typing. All experience is memory, and so everything you write about is from memory-unless you're writing about typing.
Joe Haldeman quotes: I'm not quite Machiavellian enough to set him up, but if he strays too close to the edge I might give him a nudge. I'm not quite Machiavellian enough to set him up, but if he strays too close to the edge I might give him a nudge.
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Joe Haldeman quotes: Don't 'write what you know.' Make up something new! Don't 'write what you know.' Make up something new!
Joe Haldeman quotes: There's no such thing as writing about the future. The future hasn't happened yet. There's no such thing as writing about the future. The future hasn't happened yet.
Joe Haldeman quotes: I watched her walk away and thought that if anybody could make a fighting suit look sexy, it'd be Sean. But even she couldn't. I watched her walk away and thought that if anybody could make a fighting suit look sexy, it'd be Sean. But even she couldn't.
Joe Haldeman quotes: different. Warmer.' He paused to let that soak different. Warmer.' He paused to let that soak
Joe Haldeman quotes: the Aleph-Null campaign. the Aleph-Null campaign.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Sitting here in a bar with an asexual cyborg who is probably the only other normal person on the whole goddamned planet. Sitting here in a bar with an asexual cyborg who is probably the only other normal person on the whole goddamned planet.
Joe Haldeman quotes: [Spielberg and I] had a disagreement over what God was ... He thought God was Stephen Spielberg, but that thought had never occurred to me. [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 quotes: Reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted. Reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted.
Joe Haldeman quotes: If I had had a thing like an iPad when I was a kid, then I never would have gotten into the habit of writing things down by hand. If I had had a thing like an iPad when I was a kid, then I never would have gotten into the habit of writing things down by hand.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Marianne, how's your statistics?" "Math is my worst subject." "But you can program?" "Of course. I'm not illiterate. Marianne, how's your statistics?" "Math is my worst subject." "But you can program?" "Of course. I'm not illiterate.
Joe Haldeman quotes: This world was no place for anyone with access to another. This world was no place for anyone with access to another.
Joe Haldeman quotes: A good sign that an army has been around too long is that it starts getting top-heavy with officers. A good sign that an army has been around too long is that it starts getting top-heavy with officers.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Writer's block? Don't worry about it. Either it goes away or you die. Writer's block? Don't worry about it. Either it goes away or you die.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Big money seeks out the company of its own, for purposes of reproduction. Big money seeks out the company of its own, for purposes of reproduction.
Joe Haldeman quotes: I was too old-fashioned male-chauv to allow that; we discussed for a minute and I wound up with the couch I was too old-fashioned male-chauv to allow that; we discussed for a minute and I wound up with the couch
Joe Haldeman quotes: Traveling anywhere in the world involves some risk. You could always opt to spend your life cowering under your bed. Traveling anywhere in the world involves some risk. You could always opt to spend your life cowering under your bed.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Most of human history had been industry versus nature, with industry winning. Most of human history had been industry versus nature, with industry winning.
Joe Haldeman quotes: But I remember another image from Earth: the rich dark green grass that grew in graveyards. But I remember another image from Earth: the rich dark green grass that grew in graveyards.
Joe Haldeman quotes: You can't make a date in death's dateless night. You can't make a date in death's dateless night.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Heterosexuality is considered an emotional dysfunction. Relatively easy to cure. Heterosexuality is considered an emotional dysfunction. Relatively easy to cure.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Well, there's always Nevada," Benny said. "You can buy anything from a hand laser to an atom bomb there. Well, there's always Nevada," Benny said. "You can buy anything from a hand laser to an atom bomb there.
Joe Haldeman quotes: He's asleep in the harbor, disguised as dog shit. He's asleep in the harbor, disguised as dog shit.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Saul's vitals were not human, but familiar:he never told me he was from another world:I never told him I was from his future. Saul's vitals were not human, but familiar:
he never told me he was from another world:
I never told him I was from his future.
Joe Haldeman quotes: Rationalism doesn't require "belief," only observation. The real, measurable world doesn't care what you believe. Rationalism doesn't require "belief," only observation. The real, measurable world doesn't care what you believe.
Joe Haldeman quotes: That meant that he'd drunk too much too early, and had popped an Alcoterm to burn it off. That meant that he'd drunk too much too early, and had popped an Alcoterm to burn it off.

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