That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.

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

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.

That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.

I have had wealth, rank and power, but, if these were all I had, how wretched I should be.

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.

There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.