Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes animal cerebral read
You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really. Iain Banks abilitydoubleskill Change image and share on social
I deliberately keep myself apart from a lot of stuff; I don't Tweet, I don't do Facebook, I don't blog, and that's largely because I spend my working life staring at a screen and hitting a keyboard, I am trying to cut down on that, not increase it. Iain Banks blogcutdeliberately share on social
A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens. Iain Banks cultureearlyfiction Change image and share on social
I have no neighbours other than animals and Joshua Trees. Captain Beefheart animaljoshuaneighbour Change image and share on social
'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is the best movie for a guy like me. A cerebral adventure. A moving story. A bunch of little green men. Tom DeLonge adventurebunchcerebral Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social