Quote by: J. G. Ballard

The bourgeois novel is the greatest enemy of truth and honesty that was ever invented. It's a vast, sentimentalizing structure that reassures the reader, and at every point, offers the comfort of secure moral frameworks and recognizable characters.


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Author Bio


  • NameJ. G. Ballard
  • DescriptionBritish writer
  • AliasesJames Graham Ballard
  • BornNovember 15, 1930
  • DiedApril 19, 2009
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Novelist; Writer; Autobiographer
  • WorksCrash; Empire Of The Sun
  • AwardsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize