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Brian Aldiss [1925-0] English
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Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE is an English writer and anthologies editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for occasional pseudonyms during the mid-1960s. Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss is a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society. He is also co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. 


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When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.
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Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.
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Keep violence in the mind where it belongs.
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Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.
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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.
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Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.
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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.
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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.
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Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.
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