Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis
Warren Girard Ellisis an English author of comics, novels, and television, who is well known for sociocultural commentary, both through his online presence and through his writing, which covers transhumanistand folkloric themes, often in combination with each other. He is a resident of Southend-on-Sea, England...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth16 February 1968
dream bad-ass ideas
Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own idea about yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be Mad Scientists.
ideas long people
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long— PEOPLE. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
character writing ideas
Chris Claremont once said of Alan Moore, "if he could plot, we'd all have to get together and kill him." Which utterly misses the most compelling part of Alan's writing, the way he develops and expresses ideas and character. Plot does not define story. Plot is the framework within which ideas are explored and personalities and relationships are unfolded.
book complete entire episode finite form individual rather sector terms
When I'm working in finite serials, I always think in terms of the entire book rather than the individual episode because, by far, the vaster sector of the project's lifespan will be in complete book form rather than the singles.
hundred national originally passing series ten thousand union
I was originally going to train as a journalist, passing a series of exams that winnowed ten thousand applicants down to one hundred places on a National Union of Journalists course.
millions
If it's accessible by hundreds of millions of people, then it's as mainstream as it gets.
comics love
Comics is still my first love. But I always did other kinds of writing, too, so I think of myself as a writer first.
situations study towards work
I can be collaborative, for instance, in situations where I go and study the artist's work before I start writing. Then I can at least try to write towards their style.
bad few kindle
I try to read a Kindle Single a week, but I'm getting bad at that. I usually have a few books on the go.
I live on my phone: I have a bunch of news and informational apps on there.
I am a messiah. Ask anyone on the Internet.
aesthetic people series trouble
I think the New Aesthetic is a series of observations. I think most of the trouble people have had with it comes from a misunderstanding of it as a movement.
hours lost music time tune work
For me, the Internet's like music. I don't like working without it. I will tune it out for hours at a time, as I get lost in the work, but I'd know if it wasn't there. If that makes sense.
moved work
I've always moved between media. Some ideas just work better in some media than others.