Because Tom Doherty and people like that are not stupid. If they could have streamlined their operation more to get more money out of it, they would have done it. It's not like they're a bunch of idiots. Jerry Pournelle bunchdohertyidiot share on social
I have more information in one place than anybody in the world. Jerry Pournelle informationplaceworld Change image and share on social
I started in this racket in the early '70s, and when I was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, of which I was like the sixth president, I was the first one nobody ever heard of. Jerry Pournelle 70samericaearly Change image and share on social
There were probably, what, 300 science-fiction members in the SFWA, of whom probably a hundred were active members in the sense that they were selling something every year, or every couple years. Jerry Pournelle activecouplefiction Change image and share on social
We're basically after Joe's beer money, and Joe likes his beer, so you better make sure that what you give him is at least as pleasurable to him as having his six-pack of beer would be. Jerry Pournelle basicallybeergive Change image and share on social
Write a lot. And finish what you write. Don't join writer's clubs and go sit around having coffee reading pieces of your manuscript to people. Write it. Finish it. I set those rules up years ago, and nothing's changed. Jerry Pournelle agochangeclub share on social
You see, I used to do a certain amount of market research by going to the local drugstore and seeing what the truck drivers would put up. Now it's all just copies from the latest best-seller list and damn little of anything else. Jerry Pournelle amountcopydamn share on social
You no longer have much in the way of knowing what to do in a big, epic novel about the future, because nobody knows what the hell is going to happen. Jerry Pournelle bigepicfuture Change image and share on social
Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best. Jerry Pournelle asimovchangeconvince Change image and share on social
The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability. Jerry Pournelle directlyimportanceimprobability Change image and share on social
