Destiny Quote by Brian Aldiss Download Open image “I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer.” — Brian Aldiss ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Destiny Fiction Fiction writers Fit Human society Humans Science Science fiction Writing
Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
Destiny has put me in the profession that has kept me happy, and where I was supposed to be. — Dalip Tahil Copy Share Image
I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
Having done, you know, science fiction, I didn't want to get trapped in science fiction. So my eclecticism was my only conscious choice. I… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed… — Alan Dean Foster Copy Share Image
I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the most unreal,… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed… — Alan Dean Foster Copy Share Image
My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.' — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
Man was an accident on this world or it would have been made better for him! — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
We belong to an age where apocalypse is our daily bread, coffee's black, and we know we're part of the abyss. Red Spider White… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
Its at night, when perhaps we should be dreaming, that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
However you envisage your role in life, all you can do is perform it as best you can. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
... War on the destiny of man! Doom on the sun! Before death takes you, O take back this. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You are destiny for greatness. Your future is in the hands of the Lord.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.] — Christoph Martin Wieland Copy Share Image
There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“It's morning now, and I miss the soft rasp of her voice already. Ugh. I'm in trouble, aren't I?” — Pat Shand Copy Share Image
“Failing to meet your true destiny is a tragic act of free will.” — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical. — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Destiny is the ordained intention God has sacredly prepared with your name on it.” — John S. Lynch Copy Share Image