Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. J. G. Ballard foolgeniusreal Change image and share on social
Medicine was certainly intended to be a career. I wanted to become a psychiatrist, an adolescent ambition which, of course, is fulfilled by many psychiatrists. The doctor/psychiatrist figures in my writing are alter egos of a kind, what I would have been had I not become a writer - a personal fantasy that I've fed into my fiction. J. G. Ballard adolescentalterambition share on social
I was in Shanghai when the Japanese invaded China. I was there in Shanghai when, the morning after Pearl Harbor, they seized Shanghai. J. G. Ballard chinaharborinvade Change image and share on social
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom. J. G. Ballard completelyfreedommadness Change image and share on social
Boredom is a fearsome prospect. There's a limit to the number of cars and microwaves you can buy. What do you do then? J. G. Ballard boredombuycar Change image and share on social
There are some people, who place enormous value on their home and feel that it defines them, that a stain on the carpet is a personal defilement. There are others, and I think I am one of them, who are entirely indifferent to where they live. J. G. Ballard carpetdefilementdefine share on social
Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver. J. G. Ballard cadaverdissectnovelist Change image and share on social
The Internet is an amazing development. J. G. Ballard amazedevelopmentinternet Change image and share on social
My upbringing was so middle-class and repressed. It wasn't until I was placed in Lunghua that I met anyone from any other social strata. When I did, I found them colossally vital. J. G. Ballard classcolossallyfind Change image and share on social
I felt the pressure of imagination against the doors of my mind was so great that they were going to burst. J. G. Ballard burstdoorfelt Change image and share on social