The misfortune of a young man who returns to his native land after years away is that he finds his native land foreign; whereas the lands he left behind remain for ever like a mirage in his mind. However, misfortune can itself sow seeds of creativity. ---- Afterword to "Hothouse" Brian Aldiss
Brian AldissThere are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.
Brian AldissIt is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull.
Brian AldissI 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