I carry a notebook and write down things to do, and I write out thoughts and stuff like that. Joe Haldeman carrynotebookstuff Change image and share on social
I think any writer keeps going back to some basic theme. Sometimes it's autobiographical. I guess it usually is. Joe Haldeman autobiographicalbackbasic Change image and share on social
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 facefictionman Change image and share on social
There's something special about writing by hand, writing with a fountain pen, and there's something special about writing into a book, to take a blank book and turn it into an actual book. Joe Haldeman actualblankbook Change image and share on social
I suspect that war will become obsolete only when something worse supercedes it. Joe Haldeman badlyobsoletesupercede Change image and share on social
I met Heinlein after 'The Forever War' had won the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He shook my hand and said he loved the book so much, he'd read it three times. Joe Haldeman awardbookforever Change image and share on social
I think I would have been a writer, anyhow, in the sense of having written a story every now and then, or continued writing poetry. But it was the war experience and the two novels I wrote about Vietnam that really got me started as a professional writer. Joe Haldeman continueexperiencenovel share on social
When I first started working at MIT, back in the '80s, our writing department had a joint cocktail party with the Harvard writing department. It was kind of oil-and-water. Joe Haldeman 80sbackcocktail Change image and share on social
I like the physical action of writing down by hand, and I don't just use it for writing my fiction. Joe Haldeman actionfictionhand Change image and share on social
