Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being thereโฆthe way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted.
Joe HaldemanAll experience is memory, and so everything you write about is from memory-unless you're writing about typing.
Joe HaldemanBad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.
Joe Haldeman