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Iain Banks Quotes

In so much of politics you’re not allowed to disagree with what’s been agreed Picture Quote #1

Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them Picture Quote #1

Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so Picture Quote #1

There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun Picture Quote #1

I don’t really do themes. I might accidentally, but themes are an emergent phenomena of the writing of the book, of just trying to get a story out there Picture Quote #1

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

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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 a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something you’re frightened of is to make fun of it. That’s why science fiction fans are dismissed as geeks and nerds Picture Quote #1

Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons Picture Quote #1

Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant Picture Quote #1

I’m an only child so am happy with my own company and I don’t really get lonely Picture Quote #1

People were always sorry. Sorry they had done what they had done, sorry they were doing what they were doing, sorry they were going to do what they were going to do; but they still did whatever it is. The sorrow never stopped them; it just made them feel better. And so the sorrow never stopped Picture Quote #1

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There has seldom if ever a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression of this simple fact; there is never a scarcity of idiots Picture Quote #1

The truth is not always useful, not always good. It’s like putting your faith in water. Yes, we need the rain, but too much can sweep you away in a flood and drown you. Like all great natural, elemental forces, the truth needs to be channeled, managed, controlled and intelligently, morally allocated Picture Quote #1

People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement Picture Quote #1

All our lives are symbols. Everything we do is part of a pattern we have at least some say in. The strong make their own patterns and influence other people’s, the weak have their courses mapped out for them. The weak and the unlucky, and the stupid Picture Quote #1

Writing is like everything else: the more you do it the better you get. Don’t try to perfect as you go along, just get to the end of the damn thing. Accept imperfections. Get it finished and then you can go back. If you try to polish every sentence there’s a chance you’ll never get past the first chapter Picture Quote #1

Pity they didn’t devote a little more ingenuity to staying alive rather than conducting mass slaughter as efficiently as possible Picture Quote #1

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So it’s false. What isn’t? Intellectual achievement. The exercise of skill. Human feeling Picture Quote #1

He looked up from it at the stars again, and the view was warped and distorted by something in his eyes, which at first he thought was rain Picture Quote #1

The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as ever, created enormous casualties on both sides Picture Quote #1

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In so much of politics you’re not allowed to disagree with what’s been agreed (Iain Banks Quotes) Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them (Iain Banks Quotes) Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so (Iain Banks Quotes) There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun (Iain Banks Quotes) I don’t really do themes. I might accidentally, but themes are an emergent phenomena of the writing of the book, of just trying to get a story out there (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) 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 a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something you’re frightened of is to make fun of it. That’s why science fiction fans are dismissed as geeks and nerds (Iain Banks Quotes) Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons (Iain Banks Quotes) Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant (Iain Banks Quotes) I’m an only child so am happy with my own company and I don’t really get lonely (Iain Banks Quotes) People were always sorry. Sorry they had done what they had done, sorry they were doing what they were doing, sorry they were going to do what they were going to do; but they still did whatever it is. The sorrow never stopped them; it just made them feel better. And so the sorrow never stopped (Iain Banks Quotes) There has seldom if ever a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression of this simple fact; there is never a scarcity of idiots (Iain Banks Quotes) The truth is not always useful, not always good. It’s like putting your faith in water. Yes, we need the rain, but too much can sweep you away in a flood and drown you. Like all great natural, elemental forces, the truth needs to be channeled, managed, controlled and intelligently, morally allocated (Iain Banks Quotes) People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement (Iain Banks Quotes) All our lives are symbols. Everything we do is part of a pattern we have at least some say in. The strong make their own patterns and influence other people’s, the weak have their courses mapped out for them. The weak and the unlucky, and the stupid (Iain Banks Quotes) Writing is like everything else: the more you do it the better you get. Don’t try to perfect as you go along, just get to the end of the damn thing. Accept imperfections. Get it finished and then you can go back. If you try to polish every sentence there’s a chance you’ll never get past the first chapter (Iain Banks Quotes) Pity they didn’t devote a little more ingenuity to staying alive rather than conducting mass slaughter as efficiently as possible (Iain Banks Quotes) So it’s false. What isn’t? Intellectual achievement. The exercise of skill. Human feeling (Iain Banks Quotes) He looked up from it at the stars again, and the view was warped and distorted by something in his eyes, which at first he thought was rain (Iain Banks Quotes) The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as ever, created enormous casualties on both sides (Iain Banks Quotes)

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