23 Aaron Allston Quotes

Aaron Allston quotes

1. 'This would not be a problem if I were driving a snowplow.'

2. 'The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.'

3. 'The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.'

4. 'The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.'

5. 'Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.'

6. 'I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.'

7. 'If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?'

8. 'Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.'

9. 'A scream queen is an actress who eeks out a living.'

10. 'Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.' (aka Allston's Corollary to Clarke's Law)

11. 'There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.'

12. 'No one pays me to be nice.'

13. 'When all else fails, complicate matters.'

14. 'Violence is the first refuge of the violent.'

15. 'The way to a man's heart is through his chest.'

16. 'Where can I get some tat? I'd like to trade it in.'

17. 'The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.'

18. 'Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.'

19. 'Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.'

20. 'I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.'

21. 'Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.'

22. 'Life is like an analogy.'

23. 'The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.'