George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
galaxies substance
I always think of space-time as being the real substance of space, and the galaxies and the stars just like the foam on the ocean.
change discovery earth life likely natural planets
The discovery and investigation of life on other planets is likely to change many of our ideas about how life arose on the Earth and even what is life and its natural development.
god public reaction science
With something like Chernobyl, the public reaction was 'Oh, my God, science has really done wrong.'
parent mathematics interest
Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.
almost benefit difficult discover flaws invest kinds push stuck time work
The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks.
computer computers sat stop until
I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn't stop until she got home.
novels vague
For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story.
books couple weeks
A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted.
since
I've been reading horror since I was five years old.
finished stories
Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.
five hours months spent
I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week.
authors disparate influenced
Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.
time
For each book, the time is also broken up.
market seemed trying
Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural.