39 Quotes by Thomas M. Disch

Genius is an infinite capacity for pain.

Gene Wolfe has produced a work of art that can satisfy adult appetites and in which even the most fantastical elements register as poetry rather than as penny-whistle whimsy.

Let me tell you about the end of the world. It happened fifty years ago. Maybe a hundred. And since then it’s been lovely. I mean it. Nobody tries to bother you. You can relax. You know what? I like the end of the world.

Sometimes the whole world is mud luscious and puddle wonderful.

America is a nation of liars, and for that reason science fiction has a special claim to be our national literature, as the art form best adapted to telling the lies we like to hear and to pretend we believe.

Thought is a disease of the brain. The mind defends itself against the degenerative process of creativity; it begins to jell; notions solidify into inalterable systems.

Laughter is just a slowed down scream of terror.

Though opposition is a hopeless task, acquiescence would be worse.

Science Fiction is a branch of children’s literature.