Quote: Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem. [Brian Aldiss]
Quote: 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 house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name. [Brian Aldiss]
Quote: Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta. [Brian Aldiss]
Quote: Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places. [Brian Aldiss]
Quote: 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 of that identity. [Brian Aldiss]
Quote: 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 scientific truth, but it's psychological truth. [Brian Aldiss]
Quote: It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter. [Brian Aldiss]
Quote: Keep violence in the mind where it belongs. [Brian Aldiss]
Quote: Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts. [Brian Aldiss]
Quote: When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults. [Brian Aldiss]