| Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta. (Brian Aldiss (88)) | |
| Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places. (Brian Aldiss (88)) | |
| 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 (88)) | |
| 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 (88)) | |
| 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 (88)) | |
| Keep violence in the mind where it belongs. (Brian Aldiss (88)) | |
| Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts. (Brian Aldiss (88)) | |
| When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults. (Brian Aldiss (88)) | |
| After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
| When I was discharged, I attended the University of Paris and met a beautiful Parisian girl, Janine. We soon married and eventually returned to the States. (Lloyd Alexander (88)) | |
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