“I grew up in the 80s in England: we'd wake up each morning and look out the window to see if the government had finally put Daleks on the streets.” IfsLooksGovernmentMorningStreetsGrewGrew UpWindowEnglandWake UpAssBad Ass80sDaleks Author:Warren Ellis
“The book is almost always better than the movie. You could have no better case in point than FROM HELL, Alan Moore's best graphic novel to date, brilliantly illustrated by Eddie Campbell. It's hard to describe just how much better the book is. It's like, "If the movie was an episode of Battlestar Galactica with a guest appearance by the Smurfs and everyone spoke Dutch, the graphic novel is Citizen Kane with added sex scenes and music by your favourite ten bands and everyone in the world you ever hated dies at the end." That's how much better it is.” IfsWorldBookEndsHardDiesSexCasesNovelHellCitizensSceneBandTenAppearanceAssHatedSpokesGuestsFavouriteEpisodesBad AssGraphicDutchGraphic NovelsCitizen KaneSmurfBattlestar Galactica Author:Warren Ellis
“Stephen King says that if you forget an idea, then it can't have been any good. He means he, not you. You are not Stephen King. Do not attempt to emulate Stephen King at home.” IfsMeanHas BeensIdeasHomeForgetKingsEmulate Author:Warren Ellis
“Unless you turn out to be a shining and ballistic genius, then, trust me, if you want to do this then you're going to be spending the next few years doing little else. This is a thing you do at a table with a notebook and a keyboard, and there's no getting away from it. Put in the hours. You don't get to turn off 'being a writer.'” IfsWantYearsLittlesTurnsNextHoursGeniusTablesShiningSpendingGet AwayComic BookTrust MeNotebookKeyboardsTurn Off Author:Warren Ellis
“Chris Claremont once said of Alan Moore, "if he could plot, we'd all have to get together and kill him." Which utterly misses the most compelling part of Alan's writing, the way he develops and expresses ideas and character. Plot does not define story. Plot is the framework within which ideas are explored and personalities and relationships are unfolded.” IfsWayWritingDoeSaidIdeasCharacterStoriesTogetherMissingPersonalityPlotCompellingFrameworkGet Together Author:Warren Ellis
“Santa Monica's only walkable if death is no hurdle. The air's the wrong colour. People put sunglasses on their dogs. It's a hideous place where humans are not welcome and those who stay suffer eight kinds of brain damage.” PeopleIfsHumansKindSufferingBrainAirDogEightWelcomeDamageColourSantaHideousHurdleSunglassesMonicaSanta Monica Author:Warren Ellis
“You must remember that the common criminal will always join the armed forces for, if nothing else, regular meals and expert training in the use of guns.” IfsUseRememberForceCommonTrainingGunCriminalsExpertsMealsArmed Forces Author:Warren Ellis
“Journalism is just a gun. It’s only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that’s all you need. Aim it right, and you can blow a kneecap off the world.” IfsWorldNeedsGunAimBlowJournalismBulletsBad Ass Author:Warren Ellis
“So this Zealot comes to my door, all glazed eyes and clean reproductive organs, asking me if I ever think about God. So I tell him I killed God. I tracked God down like a rabid dog, hacked off his legs with a hedge trimmer, raped him with a corncob, and boiled off his corpse in an acid bath. So he pulls an alternating-current taser on me and tells me that only the Official Serbian Church of Tesla can save my polyphase intrinsic electric field, known to non-engineers as "the soul." So I hit him. What would you do?” IfsThinkingSoulEyeChurchKnownDoorsDogFieldsAskingCleanCurrentsLegsOfficialsOrgansEngineersElectricBathsCorpsesAcidHackedTeslaZealotTasers Author:Warren Ellis
“If contemporary literary fiction doesn't read a bit like science fiction then it's probably not all that contemporary, is it” IfsBitsFictionScience FictionContemporary Author:Warren Ellis
“What if I left my memory in the future and I have to catch up to it?” IfsLeftMemoriesWhat If Author:Warren Ellis
“If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?” IfsThinkingBelieveMadeShowsBrainResponsibilityTelevisionIf You BelieveTelevision ShowsOverthinking Author:Warren Ellis
