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Writing is basically a job for people who like punching themselves in the face, I’m pretty sure.
Warren Ellis
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Warren Ellis
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: February 16
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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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Stephen King says that if you forget an idea, then it can't have been any good. He means he, not you. You are not Stephen King. Do not attempt to emulate Stephen King at home.
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Dance like you're stamping on a human face forever, love like you've been in a serious car crash that minced the front of your brain, stab like no one can arrest you, and live like there's no such thing as God.
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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Scotch whisky is made from barley and the morning dew on angel's nipples.
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I grew up in the 80s in England: we'd wake up each morning and look out the window to see if the government had finally put Daleks on the streets.
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You must remember that the common criminal will always join the armed forces for, if nothing else, regular meals and expert training in the use of guns.
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That means that the universe is two-dimensional. Matter, energy, time, you, me and the floor are holograms.
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Jim Rosato was recently married, to a Greek nurse. Rosato was half Irish and half Italian, and there was a pool on at the 1st as to which of the two would arrive at work wearing the other's skin as a hat within the year.
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Drinking is fun! It makes me feel horrible and sexy!
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Wolves ate even mighty hunters, for there was no honor or code among predators, and everyone's guts steam the same way when torn open on a cold night.
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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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