Quotes About Ballard

A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of extinction.

They're listening to the sun, Charles. Waiting for a new kind of light.

In his prime the Hollywood screenwriter was one of the tragic figures of our age, evoking the special anguish that arises from feeling sorry for oneself while making large amounts of money.

The camera resumes its melancholy tour.

Psychiatrists — the dominant lay priesthood since the First World War.

I've read plenty of J.G. Ballard, but I'm not really a Ballardian. I've met Ballardians, and I know when I can't compete. I like Ballard in his relatively unchallenging apocalyptic mode: 'Vermilion Sands,' 'The Drowned World,' 'The Burning World,' 'The Crystal World.'

They walked back to Bosch's car in silence. Ballard guessed that they were both rethinking the scenario they had just spun, looking for holes in

When you walked the dog, did you see anything unusual on the street?" Ballard asked the old woman. "Anybody out of place?" "No, nothing unusual," Lantana said. "Is there any construction on the street? Workers hanging around?

I've never been a morning person, ever. I hate the morning. I have more energy at night.

All the trouble I ever was in, said Ballard, was caused by whiskey or women or both.

his foray into the futuristic-dystopic tradition of Huxley and Ballard and soft sci-

Probably the master of the time-dislocation story was J. G. Ballard. His view, evident in much of his short fiction, was that time was degrading and this resulted in