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You want an audience. If you didn't, you wouldn't be a writer. The biggest motivation to write is the knowledge that someone will read it.
- Andy Weir
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#Knowledge
#Motivation
#Will
I don't even date; I'm terrible with women.
- Andy Weir
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#Even
#Terrible
#Women
Just so we're clear, Mark Watney is who I want to be. He has all the qualities I like about myself magnified without any of the qualities I dislike. Mark Watney isn't afraid to fly.
- Andy Weir
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#Clear
#Fly
#Myself
#Want
Computer programming is pretty much guaranteed income. I'm good at it, and I like it.
- Andy Weir
#Good
#Income
#Like
#Pretty
#Programming
I study orbital dynamics as a hobby. My idea of a good time is sitting down and drawing on that knowledge to imagine a space mission from beginning to end, getting as many details right as I can.
- Andy Weir
#Details
#Good
#Knowledge
#Space
#Time
If the reader is rooting for the protagonist, they'll forgive you just about everything else.
- Andy Weir
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#Everything
#Just
#Protagonist
My father has a great love of science, and he indoctrinated me into it early. I think I was 12 or so when we designed a moon base.
- Andy Weir
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#Love
#Me
#Moon
#Science
If you look up every last detail on your subject, you'll never finish.
- Andy Weir
#Every
#Finish
#Last
#Look
#Never
I originally wrote 'The Martian' as a free serial novel, posting one chapter at a time to my website.
- Andy Weir
#Chapter
#Free
#Novel
#Time
#Website
Eventually, while researching, you'll learn something you didn't want to know. Some fact that ruins a plotline you had in mind. The good news is that sometimes, learning all the facts can make for a much more interesting story than you originally had in mind.
- Andy Weir
#Facts
#Good
#Learning
#Mind
#News
I am not a brave man... I do not have the right stuff. Astronauts are really a cut above.
- Andy Weir
#Brave Man
#Brave
#I Am
#Man
#Right
I was hired as a computer programmer for a national laboratory at age 15.
- Andy Weir
#Age
#Laboratory
#National
#Programmer
A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down.
- Andy Weir
#Down
#Head
#Just
#Story
#Your
Back in the days of Apollo, sending humans to the moon was the only viable way to get the scientific data we wanted. But now, with our computer and robotics technology, there's very little an astronaut can do on Mars that a well-designed rover can't.
- Andy Weir
#Back
#Data
#Moon
#Technology
#Way
If someone offered me a free trip to the International Space Station, I would decline. I like Earth. I like the internet. I like Diet Coke. I have cats. I write about brave people - I'm not one of them.
- Andy Weir
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#Diet
#Internet
#Me
#Space
A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up.
- Andy Weir
#Good
#Mind
#Today
#Tomorrow
#Work
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