Allston, Aaron (Aaron Allston)

The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
-- Aaron Allston

The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
-- Aaron Allston

The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.
-- Aaron Allston

Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
-- Aaron Allston

I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.
-- Aaron Allston

If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?
-- Aaron Allston

Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.
-- Aaron Allston

A scream queen is an actress who eeks out a living.
-- Aaron Allston

Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
-- Aaron Allston

There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.
-- Aaron Allston

No one pays me to be nice.
-- Aaron Allston

When all else fails, complicate matters.
-- Aaron Allston

Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
-- Aaron Allston

The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
-- Aaron Allston

I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.
-- Aaron Allston

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
-- Aaron Allston

Life is like an analogy.
-- Aaron Allston

The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.
-- Aaron Allston