Quotes About Self-performed

Science fiction used to be a dangerous literature. Now, it is a very commercial genre, and whatever dangers might still lurk within seem to have been safely sanitized for the marketplace. The real crime is that the lobotomy has been self performed. [David Gerrold - Afterword]

There's something that feels more organic about watching a stunt that's done by you. There's also a feeling of accomplishment doing it yourself.