A writer should say to himself, not, How can I get more money?, but How can I reach more readers (without lowering standards)?

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.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

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

The day of the android has dawned.

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

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.