"There's nothing I enjoy as much as a jolly catastrophe" J. G. Ballard
"The old adage is, Write what you know. But if you only do that, your work becomes claustrophobic. I say, Write what you want to know." Julia Glass
"You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads" Ray Bradbury