Quotes
Here are some of my favorite quotes.
The Expelled (1946) Samuel Beckett
• Memories are killing. So you must not think of certain things, of those that are dear to you, or rather you
must think of them, for if you don’t there is the danger of finding them, in your mind, little by little.
• They were most correct, according to their god.
Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your
previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.
Philip Roth
http://sci-fi-online.50megs.com/Interview/03-08-01_WarrenEllis.htm
Warren Eliss on writing:
KA: Have you ever seen your vision destroyed by a megalomaniac artist?
WE: As a rule, the only megalomaniac on a project I'm involved in is me. When an artist goes sideways on a script,
I have it changed back, and then I have them fired. I mean, e-mailing or calling me and saying, "this bit isn't quite
working for me, can I do it this way" is one thing, and that's fine. But I've had artists completely change the last five
pages of a story, just drawing something completely different without talking to me or anyone else first. And I had it
changed back, and I had the bastard fired. What can I say? I'm a horrible man.
KA: Are you, or the Transmetropolitan artists, fans of the League of Gentleman? - I noticed two characters appear
- getting shot - in the latest graphic novel.
WE: Yeah, Darick discovered it when it was shown on BBC America and worked them into one of the pages during
the period of his obsession with the show. We forgive him for this because he is American and therefore manifestly
"Not Local".
KA: Where does your inspiration come from? Do you take from you own personal experiences when you’re writing?
WE: You take it from everywhere. It's like making compost: you stack up a big pile of crap until it starts steaming,
and hope something useful fuses together at the bottom of the pile. You take in as much information, as much
experience, as possible, and let it float around until bits connect together and form something new. That's
inspiration. That's writing.