It considered trying to explain their error to them, but what would be the use? They would only go away with hurt feelings. You can't always expect people, or squirrels, to be rational. — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull. It's not read much. It takes a special kind of training and a lot of practice to read poetry with pleasure. It's like learning to like asparagus. — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
“In short, Daniel was once again a member of a family. Viewed from without they were a strange enough family: a rattling, hunchbacked old… — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
But the toaster was quite satisfied with itself, thank you. Though it knew from magazines that there were toasters who could toast four slices… — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
“Gender and the complications it gives rise to simply aren't relevant to the lives appliances lead.” — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
“The problem is that we've got a sense of humor and (Republicans have) got guns. Will we die laughing?” — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
“This is my journal. I can be candid here. Candidly, I could not be more miserable.” — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
“What to Accept The fact of mountains. The actuality Of any stone — by kicking, if necessary. The need to ignore stupid people, While… — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
A predilection for genre fiction is symptomatic of a kind of arrested development. — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
Poets are regarded as handicapped writers whose work must be treated with a tender condescension, such as one accords the athletic achievements of basketball… — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
“(Shoddiness is) the nature of human life. It takes an exertion to be indifferent to these things, but it's an exertion worth making. Also,… — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
“When one is experiencing failure, it is hard to resist the comfort of paranoia.” — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
“The toaster (lacking real bread) would pretend to make two crispy slices of toast. Or, if the day seemed special in some way, it… — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
Writers tend to consider distinction and originality as virtues, but they are anathema to publishers. — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
