Brian Aldiss Quotes
I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer.
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.
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There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.
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In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment, but at the same time there is this real cult thing going on.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
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It looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.
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The amount of love I get from India, from Pakistan, from Asia, from Persia, Malaysia - people are just like, 'Brown boy doing it, brown boy doing it!'
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As President Obama clearly said just a few months ago, China must play by the international rules, the international trading system from which they've benefited so much.
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It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
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There's always a special feeling I have while writing any song.
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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
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I have a couple of girlfriends who've told me some horror stories but I've never had a really terrible kiss before.
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There is more to a science fiction story than the science it contains. There is also the story.
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If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you’re out of your mind. There are more kicks the fuck to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung. If you think you need stuff to play music or sing, you’re crazy. It can fix you so you can’t play nothing or sing nothing.
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Certainly, I must confess my own barbarousness, I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet.
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Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.
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I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer.
