Writing is basically a job for people who like punching themselves in the face, I’m pretty sure. Warren Ellis More Quotes by Warren Ellis More Quotes From Warren Ellis You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism. Warren Ellis edginesstiredperfect Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own idea about yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be Mad Scientists. Warren Ellis bad-assdreamideas Dance like you're stamping on a human face forever, love like you've been in a serious car crash that minced the front of your brain, stab like no one can arrest you, and live like there's no such thing as God. Warren Ellis carforeverbrain There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long— PEOPLE. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution. Warren Ellis longpeopleideas If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set? Warren Ellis responsibilitybelievethinking Read comics. All comics. And then cut them open to steal their power. Warren Ellis comic-bookstealingcutting Wolves ate even mighty hunters, for there was no honor or code among predators, and everyone's guts steam the same way when torn open on a cold night. Warren Ellis huntershonornight 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.' Warren Ellis notebookshiningyears The single simplest reason why human space flight is necessary is this, stated as plainly as possible: keeping all your breeding pairs in one place is a retarded way to run a species. Warren Ellis space-flightrunningway 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. Warren Ellis writingcharacterideas Its a strange world. Lets keep it that way. Warren Ellis strangewayworld He was in blue jeans and a work shirt, which is another weird quirk of Rich Old Men. Just one of the guys here. Blue jeans and a work shirt, salt of the earth, working man like yourself. Like they're somehow uncomfortable about being rich enough to sleep in a bed made of vaginas being pulled around the town at night by a fleet of gold-covered midgets. Warren Ellis sleepmennight Drinking is fun! It makes me feel horrible and sexy! Warren Ellis sexydrinkingfun What? I bring joy to the world. I am filled with mirth and sunlight. Also, I am Batman. Warren Ellis bad-assjoyworld 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. Warren Ellis bad-assbooksex What if I left my memory in the future and I have to catch up to it? Warren Ellis leftwhat-ifmemories 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. Warren Ellis bad-assgunblow By four o'clock, I've discounted suicide in favor of killing everyone else in the entire world instead. Warren Ellis bad-assoptimisticsuicide Scotch whisky is made from barley and the morning dew on angel's nipples. Warren Ellis scotchangelmorning Tradition - one of those words conservative people use as a shortcut to thinking. Warren Ellis usepeoplethinking
