All Brian Aldiss Quotes
- When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults. Adult
- Keep violence in the mind Where it belongs (Barefoot in the Head) Barefoot
- Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem. Creativity
- A writer should say to himself, not, How can I get more money?, but How can I reach more readers (without lowering standards)? Lowering
- Its at night, when perhaps we should be dreaming, that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life… Able
- Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta. Civilization
- The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick, or… Aliens
- Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a… Analogous
- It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity - thats a much tougher matter. Comparatively
- When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children,… Adulthood
- Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places. Feedback
- The day of the android has dawned. Android
- Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system. First Place
- I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component… Component
- I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be a… Believe
- Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused state… Advanced
- That's the artist's role - to strike out always for something new, to break away, to defy, to... grapple with the unfamiliar. Artist
- It is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our… Able
- There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder. Kind
- The misfortune of a young man who returns to his native land after years away is that he finds his native land foreign; whereas the… Afterword
- Science fiction is for real, space opera is for fun. Fiction
- Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts. Fiction
- Keep violence in the mind where it belongs. Belongs
- Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts. Fiction