Scott Westerfeld
Scott Westerfeld
Scott David Westerfeldis an American writer of young adult fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth5 May 1963
CityDallas, TX
CountryUnited States of America
mistake thinking people
I'm not sure what I am anymore... Sometimes I think I'm nothing but what other people have done to me―a big collection of brainwashing, surgeries, and cures... That, and all the mistakes I've made. All the people I've disappointed.
together earth share
This is the power of the Goliath, that no one on earth, Clanker or Darwinist, can escape. So we all must learn to share the globe, or perish together!
splitting
You're splitting?" "No sh*it, Sherlock.
clever eye men
The world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant!” Alek tried not to laugh. “Then what does the elephant stand on, madam?” “Don’t try to be clever, young man.” She narrowed her eyes. “It’s elephants all the way down!
drs policy
I make it a policy never to appear surprised" - Dr Barlow
hard-work distraction hard
Hard work's a good distraction.
writing simple dare
Dare to ask, "Where is my novel too simple?"
ideas conflict humans
Luckily for writers - and unluckily for history - every scientific idea creates human conflict.
trouble said wardens
Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.
book player phones
I wouldn't say design has become strictly functional. A lot of cars these days look downright comic book to me, and the info-gadgets with which late industrial people spend the most time - phones, music players, etc. - are blobjects.
stupid eye choices
However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.
character illustration design
I've learned a lot about stage-managing for illustration. Sometimes you have to delete characters from a scene just to keep from overcrowding the image. I've also learned to making big-scale design decisions early.
thinking way becoming
Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think.
philosophy people degrees
I'm not the one going for a biology degree. I'm just a philosophy major who eats people.