“He methodically basted the dark skin of the Alsatian, which he had stuffed with garlic and herbs. "One rule in life", he murmured to himself. "If you can smell garlic, everything is all right".” LifeDogMadnessDinnerSmellDogsTabooGarlicJ G BallardBallardJg BallardJames Graham BallardDog Meat Book:High-Rise Source: High-Rise
“Dissembling was so large a part of middle-class life that honesty and frankness seemed the most devious stratagem of all. The most outright lie was the closest one came to truth.” TruthLiesKingdom ComeJ G BallardBallard Book:Kingdom Come Source: Kingdom Come
“First she would try to kill him, but failing this give him food and her body, breast-feed him back to a state of childishness and even, perhaps, feel affection for him. Then, the moment he was asleep, cut his throat. The synopsis of the ideal marriage.” RelationshipsMarriageWifeHusbandMurderParadoxJ G BallardBallardJg BallardJames Graham Ballard Book:High-Rise Source: High-Rise
“If J.G. Ballard had been on Twitter, I doubt he'd have cat-posted. Wm. S. Burroughs, on the other hand, probably would have. He loved cats. I received Christmas cards from Burroughs. All were cute cat cards.” CatsTwitterBurroughsWilliam S BurroughsGibsonJ G BallardWilliam GibsonBallard Author:William Gibson
“I dreamt that I took William Burrough’s penis and tied it up with piano wire. I hung him like a Chagall painting…In the next part J.G. Ballard swam through streets of female urine. The girls read his book Crash and then mowed him down with their Volkswagen, crushing his chest slowly against a brick wall. As he screamed in agony larger than representation can accommodate, they referred to his text and had orgasms. Later, they jumped up and down yelling, ‘You’re not a hero. You’re not a hero. You’re not. You’re not. You’re not.’ “ “How do you analyze that part of the dream, Anna?” …”I guess I’m nervous about my birthday.” DreamsSexismPsychoanalysisWilliam BurroughsJ G BallardBohemianism Book:Empathy Source: Empathy