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
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
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
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
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
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 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
