What did James Nicoll mean by: About Antrax by Terry Brooks: I wonder if he’s planning a book called SRS? Or F’lu? James Nicoll Copy
It’s bad to wake up and see a large cat in mid-leap from the rough vicinity of the ceiling. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Fear, Surprise, Uncertainty, 0 James Nicoll
Deadly nightshade is the only plant I have ever been able to get to grow for me. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Growth, Persistence, Success, 0 James Nicoll
I don’t mind hidden depths but I insist that there be a surface. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Appearance, Balance, Depth, 0 James Nicoll
Romeo and Juliet *died*. I always liked that in a teen romance story. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Death, Irony, Romance, 0 James Nicoll
Nothin’g sa’ys q’uality fantas’y l’ike misuse’d apos’tro’phes. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Fantasy, Humor, Writing, 0 James Nicoll
My grandfather for example only died twice, once during the war and once in the 1980s. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Mortality, Resilience, War, 0 James Nicoll
Never bring a gun to a fight where the other guy has a time-machine and tomorrow’s newspapers. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Consequence, Power, Strategy, 0 James Nicoll
My father once discovered that one cannot “walk off” gangrene. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Family, Health, Resilience, 0 James Nicoll
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Truthfullness to life-both fantasy life and factual life-is the basis of all great art. Maurice Sendak Illustrator