“ Even their insistence on educating their children, the last reflex of any exploited group before it sank into submission, marked the end of their resistance. J.G. Ballard
“ The run-down nature of the high-rise was a model of the world into which the future was carrying them, a landscape beyond technology where everything was either derelict or more ambiguously recombined… J.G. Ballard
“ They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never dissapointed. J.G. Ballard
“ First she would try to kill him, but failing this give him food and her body, breast-feed him back to a state of childishness and even, perhaps, feel affection for him. Then, the moment he was asleep,… J.G. Ballard
“ All over the world major museums have bowed to the influence of Disney and become theme parks in their own right. The past, whether Renaissance Italy or Ancient Egypt, is re-assimilated and homogenize… J.G. Ballard
“ Without knowing it, he had constructed a gigantic vertical zoo, its hundreds of cages stacked above each other. All the events of the past few months made sense if one realised that these brilliant an… J.G. Ballard
“ In the post-Warhol era a single gesture such as uncrossing one's legs will have more significance than all the pages in War and Peace. J.G. Ballard
“ Almost pedantically, she added: "They're not really bombs-- they're acoustic provocations. J.G. Ballard
“ A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup. J.G. Ballard
“ The Thames Shouldered its way past Blackfriars Bridge, impatient with the ancient piers, no longer the passive stream that slid past Chelsea Marina, but a rush of ugly water that had scented the open… J.G. Ballard
“ The marriage of reason and nightmare that dominated the 20th century has given birth to an ever more ambiguous world. Across the communications landscape move the spectres of sinister technologies and… J.G. Ballard
“ Jim knew that he was awake and asleep at the same time, dreaming of the war and yet dreamed of by the war. J.G. Ballard
“ Recently she had become intrigued by the admiring glances of other women. The admiration of her own sex existed on a higher and more intense plane than anything men could offer, like the romantic riva… J.G. Ballard
“ No one could have imagined the effects the Internet would have: …there’s a vast new intimacy and accidental poetry, not to mention the weirdest porn. The entire human experience seems to unveil itself… J.G. Ballard
“ He walked into the bathroom, wincing at himself in the mirror, that always more tired older brother. J.G. Ballard
“ The trouble with you people is that you've been here for thirty million years and your perspectives are all wrong. You miss so much of the transitory beauty of life. J.G. Ballard
“ I'm a strong opponent of all religious belief....And supposedly 95% of Americans say they believe in God - that's worrying....Religions are Trojan horses which conceal profoundly strange psychopathy s… J.G. Ballard
