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Michael Moorcock Quotes

The past is a script we are constantly rewriting Picture Quote #1

I have a kind of innate sense of structure, which also makes me a good mimic Picture Quote #1

Why should their pain produce such marvelous beauty? he wonders. Or is all beauty created through pain? Is that the secret of great art, both human and Melnibonen? Picture Quote #1

It’s getting late. I must return to my ship or my men will think I’ve drowned and be celebrating Picture Quote #1

I had this funny family. At one end, they were breeding dogs in south-east London - for greyhound racing - and at the other, my uncle was living in Downing Street. And I would actually go to Downing Street, which didn’t strike me as funny. I’d get on the number 15 bus Picture Quote #1

P.G. Wodehouse was a huge influence on me when I was younger, as were Edgar Rice Burroughs and George Bernard Shaw Picture Quote #1

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The Lords of Chaos are the enemies of Logic, the jugglers of Truth, the molders of Beauty Picture Quote #1

I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I’d rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas Picture Quote #1

Though I don’t have any serious argument with Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods’, I believe that Americans cease to be Europeans - the land makes them become Americans. You see it happening all the time when you travel around America Picture Quote #1

Destiny’s Champion, Fate’s fool. Eternity’s Soldier, Time’s Tool Picture Quote #1

When gods die, self-respect buds’, murmured Orland Fank. ‘Gods and their examples are not needed by those who respect themselves and, consequently, respect others. Gods are for children, for little, fearful people, for those who would have no responsibility to themselves or their fellows Picture Quote #1

It is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction Picture Quote #1

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Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack Picture Quote #1

The problems for which I could find no solution in fact had no solution Picture Quote #1

Time is the enemy of identity Picture Quote #1

Everything means nothing that is the only truth Picture Quote #1

Heroes betray us. By having them, in real life, we betray ourselves Picture Quote #1

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit Picture Quote #1

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Legends are best left as legends and attempts to make them real are rarely successful Picture Quote #1

The subtlest lie of all is the full truth Picture Quote #1

By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad Picture Quote #1

What the local politicians actually meant was that they hoped to claim the land in the name of the public and then make the usual profits privatizing it. There was a principle at stake. They had to ensure their friends and not outsiders got the benefit Picture Quote #1

What happened to fantasy for me is what also happened to rock and roll. It found a common denominator for making maximum money. As a result, it lost its tensions, its anger, its edginess and turned into one big cup of cocoa Picture Quote #1

Our scientific advances will be merely obscene unless they help the large part of our world’s population emerge from miserable uncertainty and debilitating terror Picture Quote #1

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There was no more dangerous kind of madman than one who devoted a good brain and a courageous heart to unhealthy ambitions Picture Quote #1

I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I’d rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas Picture Quote #1

Trapped. Sinking. Can’t be myself. Made into what other people expect. Is that everyone’s fate? Were the great individualists the products of their friends who wanted a great individualist as a friend? Picture Quote #1

Is the prisoner a prisoner because he lives in a cage or because he knows that he lives in a cage? Picture Quote #1

Here, I thought, I had found the human race in its final stages of decadence perverse, insouciant, without ambition. And I could not blame them. After all, they had no future Picture Quote #1

It’s getting late. I must return to my ship or my men will think I’ve drowned and be celebrating Picture Quote #1

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The past is a script we are constantly rewriting (Michael Moorcock Quotes) I have a kind of innate sense of structure, which also makes me a good mimic (Michael Moorcock Quotes) Why should their pain produce such marvelous beauty? he wonders. Or is all beauty created through pain? Is that the secret of great art, both human and Melnibonen? (Michael Moorcock Quotes) It’s getting late. I must return to my ship or my men will think I’ve drowned and be celebrating. (Michael Moorcock Quotes) I had this funny family. At one end, they were breeding dogs in south-east London - for greyhound racing - and at the other, my uncle was living in Downing Street. And I would actually go to Downing Street, which didn’t strike me as funny. I’d get on the number 15 bus. (Michael Moorcock Quotes) P.G. Wodehouse was a huge influence on me when I was younger, as were Edgar Rice Burroughs and George Bernard Shaw. (Michael Moorcock Quotes) The Lords of Chaos are the enemies of Logic, the jugglers of Truth, the molders of Beauty (Michael Moorcock Quotes) I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I’d rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas. (Michael Moorcock Quotes) Though I don’t have any serious argument with Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods’, I believe that Americans cease to be Europeans - the land makes them become Americans. You see it happening all the time when you travel around America. (Michael Moorcock Quotes) Destiny’s Champion, Fate’s fool. Eternity’s Soldier, Time’s Tool (Michael Moorcock Quotes) When gods die, self-respect buds’, murmured Orland Fank. ‘Gods and their examples are not needed by those who respect themselves and, consequently, respect others. Gods are for children, for little, fearful people, for those who would have no responsibility to themselves or their fellows (Michael Moorcock Quotes) It is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction (Michael Moorcock Quotes) Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack (Michael Moorcock Quotes) The problems for which I could find no solution in fact had no solution (Michael Moorcock Quotes) Time is the enemy of identity (Michael Moorcock Quotes) Everything means nothing that is the only truth (Michael Moorcock Quotes) Heroes betray us. By having them, in real life, we betray ourselves (Michael Moorcock Quotes) The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit (Michael Moorcock Quotes) Legends are best left as legends and attempts to make them real are rarely successful (Michael Moorcock Quotes) The subtlest lie of all is the full truth (Michael Moorcock Quotes) By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad (Michael Moorcock Quotes) What the local politicians actually meant was that they hoped to claim the land in the name of the public and then make the usual profits privatizing it. There was a principle at stake. They had to ensure their friends and not outsiders got the benefit (Michael Moorcock Quotes) What happened to fantasy for me is what also happened to rock and roll. It found a common denominator for making maximum money. As a result, it lost its tensions, its anger, its edginess and turned into one big cup of cocoa (Michael Moorcock Quotes) Our scientific advances will be merely obscene unless they help the large part of our world’s population emerge from miserable uncertainty and debilitating terror (Michael Moorcock Quotes) There was no more dangerous kind of madman than one who devoted a good brain and a courageous heart to unhealthy ambitions (Michael Moorcock Quotes) I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I’d rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas (Michael Moorcock Quotes) Trapped. Sinking. Can’t be myself. Made into what other people expect. Is that everyone’s fate? Were the great individualists the products of their friends who wanted a great individualist as a friend? (Michael Moorcock Quotes) Is the prisoner a prisoner because he lives in a cage or because he knows that he lives in a cage? (Michael Moorcock Quotes) Here, I thought, I had found the human race in its final stages of decadence perverse, insouciant, without ambition. And I could not blame them. After all, they had no future (Michael Moorcock Quotes) It’s getting late. I must return to my ship or my men will think I’ve drowned and be celebrating (Michael Moorcock Quotes)

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