Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir on social commentary in books:
"I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that."
"I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and I’m not trying to affect the reader’s opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that."
"To that end, I also don’t talk about my personal political opinions publicly. I don’t want readers to even know, honestly. I don’t want that in the back of their minds as they read my stuff."
Is this why he has the #1 sci-fi movie in decades?
Your legs would get a lot bigger if you stopped worrying about how much weight is on the leg press…
And focused more on a controlled eccentric and full range of motion…
News flash…
No one and I mean absolutely no one, gives a fuck about how much you can leg press
Coffee. Black. No sugar because I don't trust anything that makes this easier. The first sip burns and I let it. Pain means I'm still here. Pain means the night didn't win. I hold the cup with both hands like a man holding his own heart outside his body. Just me and something dark that doesn't pretend to be anything else. Everyone else will lie to me today. This won't
[a line of homunculi gather at my bedside, I sit up, yawn, and without opening my eyes I begin sorting them] Chasm, River, Projectile, Retribution, Inferno [pauses, opens one eye and studies the homunculus] …Stagnation [it whimpers, I continue] Projectile, Disease, Chasm, Chasm,
the single greatest thing you can do for your sanity is to take life seriously. we live in a profoundly irony-poisoned society and you cut off 1/100th of what life can offer you by being a goofball. the jester may be near the king but he does not sit at the hand of the father
Wake up and immediately look at small screen before clocking 8 hours behind medium screen. Take a few breaks to check in on small screen. Go home and spend a few hours staring at big screen to wind down before getting into bed and looking at small screen.
Living the dream.