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Jerry Pournelle Quotes

Jerry Pournelle quotes

American Journalist August 7, 1933

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Jerry Pournelle quote: "I think it takes about a million words to make a writer. I..."
I think it takes about a million words to make a writer. I mean that you're going to throw away. Jerry Pournelle
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
And meanwhile, the storytellers like me and Anderson, Silverberg... we tell stories. People like them. They want to know how it comes out, they want to know what the ending is. Jerry Pournelle
One the other hand, the publishing trend is ghastly, isn't it? Two hundred and something distributors are now down to 10 or 12? And what's the recruiting drive? Jerry Pournelle
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
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
And that's another piece of advice I'll give junior writers; when you get to the point where they take you to lunch, let the editor suggest where to go. Jerry Pournelle
Jerry Pournelle quote: "I have more information in one place than anybody in the world."
I have more information in one place than anybody in the world. Jerry Pournelle
Jerry Pournelle quote: "In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is..."
In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is probably the right action. Jerry Pournelle
Jerry Pournelle quote: "The importance of information is directly proportional to its..."
The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability. Jerry Pournelle

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