Brian Aldiss

“Writers must be fair and remember even bad characters have a good side.”

“Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe.”

“Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as not natural.”

“All utopias are dystopias. The term 'dystopia' was coined by fools that believed a 'utopia' can be functional.”

“Civilization is the distance that man has placed between himself and his own excreta.”

“Man is a rationalizing animal, not a rational one.”

“The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.”

“Horror is a reaction; compassion is an action.”

“When you are writing, you're a person who has a certain viewpoint, and you're going to be expressing it, whatever it is.”