I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to the new suburbs, near the film studios. This was the England I wanted to write about, because this was the new world that was emerging. J. G. Ballard areaemergeengland share on social
What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths. J. G. Ballard calculatecarchild Change image and share on social
Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there. J. G. Ballard externalfictioninvent 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
I admired anyone who could unsettle people. J. G. Ballard admirepeopleunsettle 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
I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means. J. G. Ballard aestheticimaginationmean Change image and share on social
The Internet is an amazing development. J. G. Ballard amazedevelopmentinternet Change image and share on social
Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver. J. G. Ballard cadaverdissectnovelist 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
