The Advanced Societies Of The Future Will

Art Is The Principal Way In Which The Human Mind Has Tried To Remake The World In A Way That Makes Sense. The Carefully Edited, Slow-motion, Action Replay Of A Rugby Tackle, A Car Crash Or A Sex Act Has More Significance Than The Original Event. Thanks To Virtual Reality, We Will Soon Be Moving Into A World Where A Heightened Super-reality Will Consist Entirely Of Action Replays, And Reality Will Therefore Be All The More Rich And Meaningful.

One Of The Things I Took From My Wartime Experiences Was That Reality Was A Stage Set... The Comfortable Day-to-day Life, School, The Home Where One Lives And All The Rest Of It... Could Be Dismantled Overnight.

My Brief Stay At The Hospital Had Already Convinced Me That The Medical Profession Was An Open Door To Anyone Nursing A Grudge Against The Human Race.

Electronic Aids, Particularly Domestic Computers, Will Help The Inner Migration, The Opting Out Of Reality. Reality Is No Longer Going To Be The Stuff Out There, But The Stuff Inside Your Head. It's Going To Be Commercial And Nasty At The Same Time.

Most English Writers Are Not Interested In Change But In The Social Novel. That Demands A Static Backdrop. I'm Intensely Interested In Change - Probably As A Matter Of Self-preservation. What The Hell Is Going To Happen Next?