I believe that I have now experienced the lifetime maximum exposure to bottom spanking in fantasy novels.

- James Nicoll

After enough concussions the head injuries blur together.

- James Nicoll

"Gun-wielding recluse gunned down by local police" isn't the epitaph I want. I am hoping for "Witnesses reported the sound up to two hundred kilomete…

- James Nicoll

Romeo and Juliet *died*. I always liked that in a teen romance story.

- James Nicoll

This is the sort of book that justifies fatwahs. If WWIII occurred right now, we could die happy knowing Baxter would never write again. If a dinosau…

- James Nicoll

english doesn't borrow from other languages. english follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for lo…

- James Nicoll

I can't help but notice that everytime I fly somewhere, other people's planes fall out of the sky.

- James Nicoll

Nothin'g sa'ys q'uality fantas'y l'ike misuse'd apos'tro'phes.

- James Nicoll

Most of my scars are not fire-related and I no longer say "I know what I am doing" at critical moments.

- James Nicoll