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Harlan Ellison quotes: They change scapegoats at the networks more regularly than some people change socks.

They change scapegoats at the networks more regularly than some people change socks.

Harlan Ellison quotes: The real name for 'science' is magic.

The real name for 'science' is magic.

Harlan Ellison quotes: A writer who writes more than he reads is an amateur.

A writer who writes more than he reads is an amateur.

Harlan Ellison quotes: You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.

You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.

Harlan Ellison quotes: I've only been an asshole to assholes!

I've only been an asshole to assholes!

Harlan Ellison quotes: I'm nothing. Nothing at all without writing. Without truth, my truth, the only truth I know, it's all a gambol in the pasture without rhythm or sense.

I'm nothing. Nothing at all without writing. Without truth, my truth, the only truth I know, it's all a gambol in the pasture without rhythm or sense.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Love ain't nothing but sex misspelled.

Love ain't nothing but sex misspelled.

Harlan Ellison quotes: If there was a sweet Jesus and if there was a God, the God was AM.

If there was a sweet Jesus and if there was a God, the God was AM.

Harlan Ellison quotes: I am responsible for myself. I am exactly who I eventually wanted myself to be, I guess, without consciously knowing what I wanted me to be.

I am responsible for myself. I am exactly who I eventually wanted myself to be, I guess, without consciously knowing what I wanted me to be.

Harlan Ellison quotes: We talked across each other, our conversation at right angles, only meeting in the intersections of silence at story's end.

We talked across each other, our conversation at right angles, only meeting in the intersections of silence at story's end.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Everyone is entitled to an *informed* opinion.

Everyone is entitled to an *informed* opinion.

Harlan Ellison quotes: DIscuss "narking" as a character flaw.

DIscuss "narking" as a character flaw.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Style, like taste, is resistant to lucid definition; however, both, as living things should be, are subject to constant change.

Style, like taste, is resistant to lucid definition; however, both, as living things should be, are subject to constant change.

Harlan Ellison quotes: The ability to dream is all I have to give. That is my responsibility; that is my burden. And even I grow tired.

The ability to dream is all I have to give. That is my responsibility; that is my burden. And even I grow tired.

Harlan Ellison quotes: If you let the image of the messenger get in the way of whatever message there may be, however large or small, that's your problem, not his.

If you let the image of the messenger get in the way of whatever message there may be, however large or small, that's your problem, not his.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Humor should not be dissected because nothing lives through dissection.

Humor should not be dissected because nothing lives through dissection.

Harlan Ellison quotes: If one is unable to buy Courvoisier, one should forcibly restrain oneself from serving strawberries Romanoff for dessert.

If one is unable to buy Courvoisier, one should forcibly restrain oneself from serving strawberries Romanoff for dessert.

Harlan Ellison quotes: They are stories I wrote because my friends are gone, a lot of them, and if you can't be angry about it, how the hell much did you care to

They are stories I wrote because my friends are gone, a lot of them, and if you can't be angry about it, how the hell much did you care to begin with?

Harlan Ellison quotes: For the first time we have a weapon that nobody has used for thirty years. This gives me great hope for the human race.

For the first time we have a weapon that nobody has used for thirty years. This gives me great hope for the human race.

Harlan Ellison quotes: K is for "Kenghis Khan"; He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.

K is for "Kenghis Khan"; He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.

Harlan Ellison quotes: I have no mouth, and I must scream.

I have no mouth, and I must scream.

Harlan Ellison quotes: I can't picture in my mind three hundred and sixty thousand dollars ... When I think of it, all I can see in my mind is a big nickel.

I can't picture in my mind three hundred and sixty thousand dollars ... When I think of it, all I can see in my mind is a big nickel.

Harlan Ellison quotes: There is only one real evil in the world: mediocrity.

There is only one real evil in the world: mediocrity.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Get a day job, make your money from that, and write to please yourself.

Get a day job, make your money from that, and write to please yourself.

Harlan Ellison quotes: In these days of widespread illiteracy, functional illiteracy ... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony.

In these days of widespread illiteracy, functional illiteracy ... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony.

Harlan Ellison quotes: be careful of monsters with teeth

be careful of monsters with teeth

Harlan Ellison quotes: The solitary creator, dreaming his or her dream, unaided, seems to me to be the only artist we can trust.

The solitary creator, dreaming his or her dream, unaided, seems to me to be the only artist we can trust.

Harlan Ellison quotes: The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.

The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.

Harlan Ellison quotes: There are some people who just shouldn't be allowed to fool around with love.

There are some people who just shouldn't be allowed to fool around with love.

Harlan Ellison quotes: She thinks we were all killed when they made the Great Sweep, but I escaped in the mud.

She thinks we were all killed when they made the Great Sweep, but I escaped in the mud.

Harlan Ellison quotes: The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer.

The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer.

Harlan Ellison quotes: I usually say I write for the smartest, cleverest, wittiest audience I know, and that's me.

I usually say I write for the smartest, cleverest, wittiest audience I know, and that's me.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Writing is a holy chore.

Writing is a holy chore.

Harlan Ellison quotes: In my ugly, elitist opinion we are not all entitled to voice our opinions, we are entitled to pass along our informed opinions.

In my ugly, elitist opinion we are not all entitled to voice our opinions, we are entitled to pass along our informed opinions.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Repent, Harlequin," said the Ticktock Man. "Get stuffed," the Harlequin replied.

Repent, Harlequin," said the Ticktock Man. "Get stuffed," the Harlequin replied.

Harlan Ellison quotes: They minute people fall in love they become liars.

They minute people fall in love they become liars.

Harlan Ellison quotes: When you're a writer, you have to have the passion and the skill and the craft. It's not just enough to have the passion. You've gotta have all three.

When you're a writer, you have to have the passion and the skill and the craft. It's not just enough to have the passion. You've gotta have all three.

Harlan Ellison quotes: I am not one of these people who instantly takes umbrage when he's corrected or - I love being corrected.

I am not one of these people who instantly takes umbrage when he's corrected or - I love being corrected.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Writing a novel is like going a great distance to take a small shit.

Writing a novel is like going a great distance to take a small shit.

Harlan Ellison quotes: We had reached the moment of final nightness.

We had reached the moment of final nightness.

Harlan Ellison quotes: The machine masturbated and we had to take it or die.

The machine masturbated and we had to take it or die.

Harlan Ellison quotes: You're a writer. And that's something better than being a millionaire. Because it's something holy.

You're a writer. And that's something better than being a millionaire. Because it's something holy.

Harlan Ellison quotes: I see all. I hear all. I know all. And I spend a great deal of time in the bathroom.

I see all. I hear all. I know all. And I spend a great deal of time in the bathroom.

Harlan Ellison quotes: To say more is to say less.

To say more is to say less.

Harlan Ellison quotes: You must never be afraid to go there.

You must never be afraid to go there.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Any writer who pretends to a disaffection for recognition, I think they're being duplicitous.

Any writer who pretends to a disaffection for recognition, I think they're being duplicitous.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Of all liars, the smoothest and most convincing is memory

Of all liars, the smoothest and most convincing is memory

Harlan Ellison quotes: There in the midst of the Amazon Jungle, Simon Haskell has cobbled up for himself a replica of an Art Deco salon.

There in the midst of the Amazon Jungle, Simon Haskell has cobbled up for himself a replica of an Art Deco salon.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver.

Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver.

Harlan Ellison quotes: The world is turning into a cesspool of imbeciles.

The world is turning into a cesspool of imbeciles.

Harlan Ellison quotes: I look upon those who assure me they had a 'happy childhood' as either pathological liars, or pariahs.

I look upon those who assure me they had a 'happy childhood' as either pathological liars, or pariahs.

Harlan Ellison quotes: You can live in your dreams, but only if you are worthy of them.

You can live in your dreams, but only if you are worthy of them.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste?

Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste?

Harlan Ellison quotes: People don't die from the old diseases any more. They die from new ones, but that's Progress, isn't it? Isn't it?

People don't die from the old diseases any more. They die from new ones, but that's Progress, isn't it? Isn't it?

Harlan Ellison quotes: I hate being wrong, but I love it when I'm set straight.

I hate being wrong, but I love it when I'm set straight.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Possibly the only dismaying aspect of excellence is that it makes living in a world of mediocrity an ongoing prospect of living hell.

Possibly the only dismaying aspect of excellence is that it makes living in a world of mediocrity an ongoing prospect of living hell.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Now begin in the middle, and later learn the beginning; the end will take care of itself.

Now begin in the middle, and later learn the beginning; the end will take care of itself.

Harlan Ellison quotes: I will live to piss in the open mouths or the open graves of my enemies, whichever comes first.

I will live to piss in the open mouths or the open graves of my enemies, whichever comes first.

Harlan Ellison quotes: You show me someone who'll eat lima beans without being at gunpoint, I'll show you a pervert!

You show me someone who'll eat lima beans without being at gunpoint, I'll show you a pervert!

Harlan Ellison quotes: I think love and sex are separate and only vaguely similar. Like the word bear and the word bare. You can get in trouble mistaking one for the other.

I think love and sex are separate and only vaguely similar. Like the word bear and the word bare. You can get in trouble mistaking one for the other.

Harlan Ellison quotes: If you put your hand in my pocket, you'll drag back six inches of bloody stump.

If you put your hand in my pocket, you'll drag back six inches of bloody stump.

Harlan Ellison quotes: Anyone who can not write should.

Anyone who can not write should.

Harlan Ellison quotes: I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid

I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid