"I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity."

-- Brian Aldiss

#Identity Quotes #Wells Quotes

“Not everything I do is gossip or bedroom. To the contrary, I think that's just an easy label to dismiss me and to dismiss the new medium.”

Source : Q & A at the Washington Press Club, delivered 2 June 1998
“Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon.”

Source : "'What is an icon?'". Interview with Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2005.
“When you have seen the errors in which you live, you will understand the good that we have done you by coming to your land by order of his Majesty the King of Spain. Our Lord permitted that your pride should be brought low and that no Indian should be able to offend a Christian.”
“To me, 'Blackberry Way' stands up as a song that could be sung in any era, really. We do it with the new doing all sort of fanfare things in it and it works really well. It goes down great with audiences.”
“The search ends with the realization that there is no such thing as enlightenment. By searching, you want to be free from the self, but whatever you are doing to free yourself from the self is the self. How can I make you understand this simple thing? There is no 'how'. If I tell you that, it will only add more momentum to that (search), strengthen that momentum. That is the question of all questions: "How, how, how?"”

Source : "The Mystique of Enlightenment: The Radical Ideas of U. G. Krishnamurti".
“I felt really conflicted about making money off stuff that's creatively satisfying.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I'm a big sports fan. Football. Cricket.”
“I didn't have to work till I was three. But after that, I never stopped.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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