Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.
Source: In W.O.W. - Writers on Writing, by Jon Winokur, 1990.
-- Brian Aldiss, (Aug 18 1925-2017), English science-fiction writer; He was a Hugo-winning Science Fiction writer who wrote Moreau's Other Island, 1980; Greybeard, 1964, and the Helleconia series.