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Iain Banks Quotes

It was the day my grandmother exploded Picture Quote #1

Intellectual achievement. The exercise of skill. Human feeling Picture Quote #1

My greatest enemies are Women and the Sea. These things I hate. Women because they are weak and stupid and live in the shadow of men and are nothing compared to them, and the Sea because it has always frustrated me, destroying what I have built, washing away what I have left, wiping clean the marks I have made Picture Quote #1

The History Of The Universe In Three Words CHAPTER ONE Bang! CHAPTER TWO sssss CHAPTER THREE crunch. THE END Picture Quote #1

I held my crotch, closed my eyes and repeated my secret catechism Picture Quote #1

Escape is a consumer goods like another Picture Quote #1

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Stories set in the Culture in which Things Went Wrong tended to start with humans losing or forgetting or deliberately leaving behind their terminal. It was a conventional opening, the equivalent of straying off the path in the wild woods in one age, or a car breaking down at night on a lonely road in another Picture Quote #1

My gratitude extends beyond the limits of my capacity to express it Picture Quote #1

You like music, mr. Gurgeh? Hamin asked, leaning over to the man. Gurgeh nodded. Well, a little does no harm Picture Quote #1

It’s a library, only the stupid or the evil are afraid of those Picture Quote #1

One should never mistake pattern for meaning Picture Quote #1

You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing’s a double skill, really Picture Quote #1

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The bomb lives only as it is falling Picture Quote #1

If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me! Picture Quote #1

I’m not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I’ve never won one has nothing to do with it at all Picture Quote #1

I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese Picture Quote #1

I’m very sorry, the drone said, without a trace of contrition Picture Quote #1

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve Picture Quote #1

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Here, in the bare dark face of night A calm unhurried eye draws sight We see in what we think we fear The cloudings of our thought made clear Picture Quote #1

I’m not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I’ve never won one has nothing to do with it at all! Picture Quote #1

Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn’t matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state Picture Quote #1

I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn’t have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water Picture Quote #1

I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese Picture Quote #1

As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you’d thought of Picture Quote #1

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I love writing and can’t imagine not being able to do it. I want an easy life and if it had been difficult I wouldn’t be doing it. I do admire writers who do it even though it costs them Picture Quote #1

You get so caught up in what you’re writing - action sequences tend to do that more than anything else because you’re living it, and feeling for your characters Picture Quote #1

Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite Picture Quote #1

Reason shapes the future, but superstition infects the present Picture Quote #1

I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I’d never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework Picture Quote #1

Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what’s been done, what’s been superseded, what’s so much part of the furniture it’s practically part of the fabric now, what’s become no more than a joke... and so on. It’s just plain foolish, as well as comically arrogant, to ignore all this, to fail to do the most basic research Picture Quote #1

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It was the day my grandmother exploded (Iain Banks Quotes) Intellectual achievement. The exercise of skill. Human feeling (Iain Banks Quotes) My greatest enemies are Women and the Sea. These things I hate. Women because they are weak and stupid and live in the shadow of men and are nothing compared to them, and the Sea because it has always frustrated me, destroying what I have built, washing away what I have left, wiping clean the marks I have made (Iain Banks Quotes) The History Of The Universe In Three Words CHAPTER ONE Bang! CHAPTER TWO sssss CHAPTER THREE crunch. THE END (Iain Banks Quotes) I held my crotch, closed my eyes and repeated my secret catechism (Iain Banks Quotes) Escape is a consumer goods like another (Iain Banks Quotes) Stories set in the Culture in which Things Went Wrong tended to start with humans losing or forgetting or deliberately leaving behind their terminal. It was a conventional opening, the equivalent of straying off the path in the wild woods in one age, or a car breaking down at night on a lonely road in another (Iain Banks Quotes) My gratitude extends beyond the limits of my capacity to express it (Iain Banks Quotes) You like music, mr. Gurgeh? Hamin asked, leaning over to the man. Gurgeh nodded. Well, a little does no harm (Iain Banks Quotes) It’s a library, only the stupid or the evil are afraid of those (Iain Banks Quotes) One should never mistake pattern for meaning (Iain Banks Quotes) You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing’s a double skill, really (Iain Banks Quotes) The bomb lives only as it is falling (Iain Banks Quotes) If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me! (Iain Banks Quotes) I’m not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I’ve never won one has nothing to do with it at all (Iain Banks Quotes) I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese (Iain Banks Quotes) I’m very sorry, the drone said, without a trace of contrition (Iain Banks Quotes) I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve (Iain Banks Quotes) Here, in the bare dark face of night A calm unhurried eye draws sight We see in what we think we fear The cloudings of our thought made clear (Iain Banks Quotes) I’m not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I’ve never won one has nothing to do with it at all! (Iain Banks Quotes) Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn’t matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state (Iain Banks Quotes) I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn’t have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water. (Iain Banks Quotes) I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese. (Iain Banks Quotes) As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you’d thought of. (Iain Banks Quotes) I love writing and can’t imagine not being able to do it. I want an easy life and if it had been difficult I wouldn’t be doing it. I do admire writers who do it even though it costs them. (Iain Banks Quotes) You get so caught up in what you’re writing - action sequences tend to do that more than anything else because you’re living it, and feeling for your characters (Iain Banks Quotes) Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite (Iain Banks Quotes) Reason shapes the future, but superstition infects the present (Iain Banks Quotes) I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I’d never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework (Iain Banks Quotes) Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what’s been done, what’s been superseded, what’s so much part of the furniture it’s practically part of the fabric now, what’s become no more than a joke... and so on. It’s just plain foolish, as well as comically arrogant, to ignore all this, to fail to do the most basic research (Iain Banks Quotes)

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