Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

- Brian Aldiss

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

- Brian Aldiss

Most SF is about madness, or what is currently ruled to be madness; this is part of its attraction - it's always playing with how much the human mind…

- Brian Aldiss

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

- Brian Aldiss

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

- Brian Aldiss

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if w…

- Brian Aldiss

The day of the android has dawned.

- Brian Aldiss

Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It's patriotic to overconsume.

- Brian Aldiss

Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.

- Brian Aldiss