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Brian Aldiss Quotes

Brian Aldiss quotes

English Writer August 18, 1925

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Life was a pleasure; he looked back at its moments, many of them as much shrouded in mist as the opposite bank of the Thames; objectively, many of them held only misery, fear, confusion; but afterwards, and even at the time, he had known an exhilaration stronger than the misery, fear, or confusion. A fragment of belief came to him from another epoch: 'Cogito ergo sum'. For him that had not been true; his truth had been, 'Senito ergo sum'. I feel so I exist. He enjoyed this fearful, miserable,... Brian Aldiss
Brian Aldiss quote: "It is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are..."
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 skull. Brian Aldiss
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
Brian Aldiss quote: "There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and..."
There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder. Brian Aldiss
To qualify as a Seeker, it was necessary to show a high serendipity factor. In my experimental behaviour pool as a child, I had exhibited such a factor, and had been selected for special training forthwith. I had taken additional courses in Philosophical, Alpha-humerals, Incidental Tetrachotomy, Apunctual Synchronicity, Homoontogenesis, and other subjects, ultimately qualifying as a Prime Esemplastic Seeker. In other words, I put two and two together in situations where other people were not... Brian Aldiss
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
Brian Aldiss quote: "This shall be home, where danger was my cradle, and all we..."
This shall be home, where danger was my cradle, and all we have learned will guard us! Brian Aldiss
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
Brian Aldiss quote: "Science fiction is for real, space opera is for fun."
Science fiction is for real, space opera is for fun. Brian Aldiss
Brian Aldiss quote: "Whatever terrific events may inform our lives, it always comes..."
Whatever terrific events may inform our lives, it always comes to that in the end; we just want to lie down. Brian Aldiss
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 lands he left behind remain for ever like a mirage in his mind. However, misfortune can itself sow seeds of creativity.---- Afterword to "Hothouse" Brian Aldiss Brian Aldiss
Brian Aldiss quote: "When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults."
When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults. Brian Aldiss
A writer should say to himself, not, How can I get more money?, but How can I reach more readers (without lowering standards)? Brian Aldiss
Brian Aldiss quote: "Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem."
Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem. Brian Aldiss
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

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