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Brian Aldiss
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When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.
Brian Aldiss,
English
Writer
#Childhood
Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.
Brian Aldiss,
English
Writer
#Man
#Civilization
Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.
Brian Aldiss,
English
Writer
#People
#Letters
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,
English
Writer
#Being
#Writer
#Identity
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,
English
Writer
#May
#Help
#Truth
#Mind
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,
English
Writer
#Work
#Writer
#Creativity
Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.
Brian Aldiss,
English
Writer
#Solution
#Creativity
Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.
Brian Aldiss,
English
Writer
#Science
#Fiction
#Scientists
Keep violence in the mind where it belongs.
Brian Aldiss,
English
Writer
#Mind
#Violence