Creative Quotations from Brian Aldiss (1925-___

Creative Quotations from . . .

Brian Aldiss
(1925-____) born on Aug 18

English science-fiction writer. "He was a Hugo-winning Science Fiction writer who wrote "Moreau's Other Island," 1980; "Greybeard," 1964, and the "Helleconia" series."

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell."

Fantasy is literature for teenagers.

Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The New Webster's Dictionary of Quotations and Famous Phrases," by Donald Bolander, 1987."
R:	"In "W.O.W. - Writers on Writing," by Jon Winokur, 1990."
A:	""Penguin Science Fiction," Introduction."
N:	From an Internet collection of quotations.
K:	"In "W.O.W. - Writers on Writing," by Jon Winokur, 1990."