The American way of war is to build an army, then another, then a third, while building fleets. If the war is still on at that point we smash.
Jerry PournelleThe hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club?
Jerry Pournelle