Warren Ellis Quotes

You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.

Scotch whisky is made from barley and the morning dew on angel's nipples.

If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?

Read comics. All comics. And then cut them open to steal their power.

I want a tattoo over my heart that reads TRY HARDER YOU LAZY PARAMEDIC SHITBAG OR I WILL HAUNT YOUR BEDROOM FOREVER

That means that the universe is two-dimensional. Matter, energy, time, you, me and the floor are holograms.

The single simplest reason why human space flight is necessary is this, stated as plainly as possible: keeping all your breeding pairs in one place is a retarded way to run a species.

Wolves ate even mighty hunters, for there was no honor or code among predators, and everyone's guts steam the same way when torn open on a cold night.

Drinking is fun! It makes me feel horrible and sexy!

Writing is basically a job for people who like punching themselves in the face, I’m pretty sure.

What if I left my memory in the future and I have to catch up to it?

Its a strange world. Lets keep it that way.

If contemporary literary fiction doesn't read a bit like science fiction then it's probably not all that contemporary, is it

Tradition - one of those words conservative people use as a shortcut to thinking.

Stephen King says that if you forget an idea, then it can't have been any good. He means he, not you. You are not Stephen King. Do not attempt to emulate Stephen King at home.

Magic is the cheat codes for the world.

Los Angeles had no culture of its own, just a large collection of misreadings of the artistic histories of other, proper cities.

Listen to the Chair Leg of Truth! It does not lie!

Don't live with writers. Writers are bastards.

You must remember that the common criminal will always join the armed forces for, if nothing else, regular meals and expert training in the use of guns.

My neck and shoulders are killing me. Hard to focus on writing about murder, doom, shagging, our hopeless future & other comedy etc etc.

Cheap! But not as cheap as your girlfriend.

I admit that I have sometimes claimed to be Batman in the past. But only when really, really drunk.

good morning sinners. vampiric red bull intake in pub smoking compound commenced. day of heavy brain-fingering ahead.

I want vasopressin, washed caffeine, Jumpstart, ginkgo biloba, guarana, and any intelligence enhancer introduced in the last five years.

The two most dangerous things in the world are rich people and crazy people.

The future sneaks up on us. It leaks in through the small, ordinary things.

Time was this place didn’t make sense and I could live with it. Either it’s changed, or I have.

Mister Sun wondered if he really believed it was true that the heart is just a pump.

That was a stupid idea I made up while drunk. Why did someone build that?

The best gifts are never given, but claimed.

You never get tired of looking at the stars

I was happiest when I was working for myself. Setting my own goals. Improving my own skills… Take control of your world.

At the departure gate, a drunken airport security woman was handing out box cutters to the passengers.