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Writing is basically a job for people who like punching themselves in the face, I’m pretty sure.

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Warren Ellis
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: February 16
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There was a time when I liked a good riot. Put on some heavy old street clothes that could stand a bit of sidewalk-scraping, infect myself with something good and contagious, then go out and stamp on some cops. It was great, being nine years old.
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There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long— PEOPLE. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
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I admit that I have sometimes claimed to be Batman in the past. But only when really, really drunk.
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Unless you turn out to be a shining and ballistic genius, then, trust me, if you want to do this then you're going to be spending the next few years doing little else. This is a thing you do at a table with a notebook and a keyboard, and there's no getting away from it. Put in the hours. You don't get to turn off 'being a writer.'
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If contemporary literary fiction doesn't read a bit like science fiction then it's probably not all that contemporary, is it
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Drinking is fun! It makes me feel horrible and sexy!
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Cheap! But not as cheap as your girlfriend.
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Journalism is just a gun. It’s only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that’s all you need. Aim it right, and you can blow a kneecap off the world.
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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Los Angeles had no culture of its own, just a large collection of misreadings of the artistic histories of other, proper cities.
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good morning sinners. vampiric red bull intake in pub smoking compound commenced. day of heavy brain-fingering ahead.
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Don't live with writers. Writers are bastards.
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Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own idea about yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be Mad Scientists.
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I want vasopressin, washed caffeine, Jumpstart, ginkgo biloba, guarana, and any intelligence enhancer introduced in the last five years.
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I want a tattoo over my heart that reads TRY HARDER YOU LAZY PARAMEDIC SHITBAG OR I WILL HAUNT YOUR BEDROOM FOREVER
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