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I always love to write with Matraca. (Aldiss Brian)
I cottoned on to Shakespeare and got interested in plays and fascinated by people, fascinated by watching what they did. (Aldiss Brian)
You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen. (Aldiss Brian)
“I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.” (Aldiss Brian)
Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that. (Aldiss Brian)
“When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "one word at a time."” (Aldiss Brian)
“Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought” (Aldiss Brian)
“People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk.” (Aldiss Brian)
I look to writers like Edith Wharton, … Writers who were so specific about the things surrounding their characters, down to the kind of wine and the china, etc. It’s a way of locating your characters in their universe … when you mention a brand name, people know who you’re talking about. (Aldiss Brian)
I‘ve always loved Dickens. And Henry James. Tolstoy, Dostoevski. (Aldiss Brian)
“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.” (Aldiss Brian)
“Henry Miller may write about revelers self-woven into a human hooked rug, because his ecstasy is solemn.” (Aldiss Brian)
“The way to write is well, and how is your own business.” (Aldiss Brian)
Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels. (Aldiss Brian)
Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good. (Aldiss Brian)
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. (Aldiss Brian)
All authors are created equal, but, as the editor, I'm somewhat more equal than all the others. (Aldiss Brian)
Before I was a writer I was a computer programmer. (Aldiss Brian)
Every so often I'd be able to write a scene with greater flourish because I'd gotten lucky with my words as I was writing them down, but no surprises. (Aldiss Brian)
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. (Aldiss Brian)
I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre. (Aldiss Brian)
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