Hemingway was a jerk. I mean he was really a great jerk. He was a good writer, and he did all sorts of things that I would never have the courage to do, but I don't think I'd enjoy being in the same room with him. He's not my kind of person. Joe Haldeman courageenjoygood share on social
I don't think I would have written a combat novel if I had just had peacetime military training. I think, in fact, I probably would have remained a poet and just written a short story every now and then. Joe Haldeman combatfactmilitary share on social
Political art - not always a contradiction in terms - can destroy institutions, or eat away at them. Joe Haldeman artcontradictiondestroy Change image and share on social
Traveling anywhere in the world involves some risk. You could always opt to spend your life cowering under your bed. Joe Haldeman bedcowerinvolve Change image and share on social
You'd have to put yourself back in the 1960s to understand how separate from the mainstream of American life soldiers felt themselves to be, because we knew that students and others were demonstrating pretty violently against what we were doing. Joe Haldeman 1960samericanback share on social
No person can escape Einsteinian relativity, and no soldier or veteran can escape the trauma of war's dislocation. Joe Haldeman dislocationeinsteinianescape Change image and share on social
One hopes that they'll never be able to use mind control weapons, because we're all done for if that happens. I don't want military people, or political people, to have that type of power over those of us who just get by from day to day. Joe Haldeman controldayhope share on social
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 habithandipad Change image and share on social
No good deed goes unpunished. I missed the moon landing by being nice to a stranger. Joe Haldeman deedgoodland Change image and share on social
It's fair to say that white America wouldn't have elected an African-American president without the integrating effect of black music - from Louis Armstrong to hip-hop - and black drama and fiction, commercial as much as 'serious.' Joe Haldeman africanamericaamerican share on social
