198 Quotes by Warren Ellis

Jim Rosato was recently married, to a Greek nurse. Rosato was half Irish and half Italian, and there was a pool on at the 1st as to which of the two would arrive at work wearing the other's skin as a hat within the year.

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

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

That’s how the future always arrives: you don’t realize it’s here until you bump into it.

Science fiction is always about the time it’s written in. 1984 was always about 1948. Science fiction is social fiction.

The untreated cardboard sleeve around the venti-plus cup, stamped with biodegradable inks, proclaiming the coffee shop's proud independence, the simple black printing on the flecked card making its own statement about authenticity.

I opened my eyes to see the rat taking a piss in my coffee mug. It was a huge brown bastard; had a body like a turd with legs and beady black eyes full of secret rat knowledge.

Cheap! But not as cheap as your girlfriend.

The best gifts are never given, but claimed.