Brian Aldiss Inspirational Quotes (28)

That's the artist's role - to strike out always for something new, to break away, to defy, to... grapple with the unfamiliar.

Keep violence in the mind Where it belongs (Barefoot in the Head)

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.

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