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Rod Serling quotes: If you want to prove that God is not dead first prove that man is alive. If you want to prove that God is not dead first prove that man is alive.
Rod Serling quotes: I found that it was all right to have Martians saying things Democrats and Republicans could never say. I found that it was all right to have Martians saying things Democrats and Republicans could never say.
Rod Serling quotes: Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete
Rod Serling quotes: Somewhere between apathy and anarchy lies the thinking human being. Somewhere between apathy and anarchy lies the thinking human being.
Rod Serling quotes: I guess Requiem for a Heavyweight as old as it is was as honest a piece as I've ever done. I guess Requiem for a Heavyweight as old as it is was as honest a piece as I've ever done.
Rod Serling quotes: The ultimate obscenity is not caring, not doing something about what you feel, not feeling! Just drawing back and drawing in, becoming narcissistic. The ultimate obscenity is not caring, not doing something about what you feel, not feeling! Just drawing back and drawing in, becoming narcissistic.
Rod Serling quotes: How can you put on a meaningful drama when, every fifteen minutes, proceedings are interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits with toilet paper? How can you put on a meaningful drama when, every fifteen minutes, proceedings are interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits with toilet paper?
Rod Serling quotes: Every Superstate has one iron rule: logic is an enemy and the truth is a menace. Every Superstate has one iron rule: logic is an enemy and the truth is a menace.
Rod Serling quotes: Science fiction makes the implausible possible, while science fantasy makes the impossible plausible. Science fiction makes the implausible possible, while science fantasy makes the impossible plausible.
Rod Serling quotes: I would guess that the price of the script really is secondary. The credit is much more the essence. I would guess that the price of the script really is secondary. The credit is much more the essence.
Rod Serling quotes: If you have the temerity to try to dramatize a theme that involves any particular social controversy currently extant ... then you're in deep trouble. If you have the temerity to try to dramatize a theme that involves any particular social controversy currently extant ... then you're in deep trouble.
Rod Serling quotes: A basic "must" for every writer: A simple solitude-physical & mental. A basic "must" for every writer: A simple solitude-physical & mental.
Rod Serling quotes: I'd rather go along with this sense of illusion that I'm a neutral beast going along through life doing everything that's preordained. I'd rather go along with this sense of illusion that I'm a neutral beast going along through life doing everything that's preordained.
Rod Serling quotes: You unlock the door with the key of imagination. You unlock the door with the key of imagination.
Rod Serling quotes: Infinitely more taboos, on television. Infinitely more taboos, on television.
Rod Serling quotes: Being like everybody is the same as being nobody. Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.
Rod Serling quotes: Every man is put on earth condemned to die. Time and method of execution unknown. Every man is put on earth condemned to die. Time and method of execution unknown.
Rod Serling quotes: There are a lot I'm proud of, and a lot I wish the hell I'd never written. There are a lot I'm proud of, and a lot I wish the hell I'd never written.
Rod Serling quotes: I couldn't direct because I'm too impatient and I couldn't put together a package because I don't understand money. I'd rather just do what I'm doing. I couldn't direct because I'm too impatient and I couldn't put together a package because I don't understand money. I'd rather just do what I'm doing.
Rod Serling quotes: Seeing does not always believe. Seeing does not always believe.
Rod Serling quotes: Why do I write? I guess that's been asked of every writer. I don't know. It isn't any massive compulsion. Why do I write? I guess that's been asked of every writer. I don't know. It isn't any massive compulsion.
Rod Serling quotes: Not since the British raided Cologne had so many bombs landed in such a small space in such a short time. Not since the British raided Cologne had so many bombs landed in such a small space in such a short time.
Rod Serling quotes: It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears. It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.
Rod Serling quotes: If you write beautifully, you write beautifully, that's all. If you write beautifully, you write beautifully, that's all.
Rod Serling quotes: We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think. We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think.
Rod Serling quotes: I find it very difficult to live through the censorship of profanity on television. I find it very difficult to live through the censorship of profanity on television.
Rod Serling quotes: There are millions of ways to not be writing. You say you're not in the mood, you'll pick it up tomorrow. There are millions of ways to not be writing. You say you're not in the mood, you'll pick it up tomorrow.
Rod Serling quotes: I don't have any system. I dictate a lot, through a machine, and I also have a secretary. But I used to type just like everybody else. I don't have any system. I dictate a lot, through a machine, and I also have a secretary. But I used to type just like everybody else.
Rod Serling quotes: He's not a piece of meat you can job off the market by the pound. because, if you do,maish, if you do, you'll rot in hell. He's not a piece of meat you can job off the market by the pound. because, if you do,maish, if you do, you'll rot in hell.
Rod Serling quotes: Writers vary tremendously. Was it Tom Wolfe who stood up or was it [Ernest] Hemingway who had to stand up? I don't know. Writers vary tremendously. Was it Tom Wolfe who stood up or was it [Ernest] Hemingway who had to stand up? I don't know.
Rod Serling quotes: Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull. Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.
Rod Serling quotes: I've written all that I've wanted to write to date. I've written all that I've wanted to write to date.
Rod Serling quotes: Justice can span years. Retribution is not subject to a calendar. Justice can span years. Retribution is not subject to a calendar.
Rod Serling quotes: If in any quest for magic, in any search for sorcery, witchery, legerdemain, first check the human spirit. If in any quest for magic, in any search for sorcery, witchery, legerdemain, first check the human spirit.
Rod Serling quotes: I choose to think of tv audience as nameless, formless, faceless people who are all like me. And anything that I write, if I like it, they'll like it. I choose to think of tv audience as nameless, formless, faceless people who are all like me. And anything that I write, if I like it, they'll like it.
Rod Serling quotes: I don't have close relationships with agents. They're friends, but they're not confidants. I don't have close relationships with agents. They're friends, but they're not confidants.
Rod Serling quotes: The tendency when you dictate is to overwrite, because you're not counting pages, you don't really know what the hell the page count is. The tendency when you dictate is to overwrite, because you're not counting pages, you don't really know what the hell the page count is.
Rod Serling quotes: The good agent probably is not the reader, he's just the guy who can put together a deal. The good agent probably is not the reader, he's just the guy who can put together a deal.
Rod Serling quotes: For civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized For civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized
Rod Serling quotes: You gotta BELIEVE, Bolie! You gotta BELIEVE, Bolie!
Rod Serling quotes: If it sounds good as you say it, likely as not it'll sound good when an actor's saying it. If it sounds good as you say it, likely as not it'll sound good when an actor's saying it.
Rod Serling quotes: Trying to be the best at anything carries its own special risks, in or out of the Twilight Zone. Trying to be the best at anything carries its own special risks, in or out of the Twilight Zone.
Rod Serling quotes: I'm sufficiently independent to know that I can live well and comfortably all the rest of my life whether I'm rejected or not. I'm sufficiently independent to know that I can live well and comfortably all the rest of my life whether I'm rejected or not.
Rod Serling quotes: I was a Christmas present that was delivered unwrapped. I was a Christmas present that was delivered unwrapped.
Rod Serling quotes: I'm afraid that if I started to ponder who I am and what I am, I might not like what I find. I'm afraid that if I started to ponder who I am and what I am, I might not like what I find.
Rod Serling quotes: Beasley was a little man whose face looked like an X ray of an ulcer. Beasley was a little man whose face looked like an X ray of an ulcer.
Rod Serling quotes: Bias and prejudice make me angry ... more than anything. Bias and prejudice make me angry ... more than anything.
Rod Serling quotes: Imagination ... its limits are only those of the mind itself. Imagination ... its limits are only those of the mind itself.
Rod Serling quotes: Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse. Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.
Rod Serling quotes: Hollywood's a great place to live ... if you're a grapefruit. Hollywood's a great place to live ... if you're a grapefruit.
Rod Serling quotes: Over the long haul I'd say that most directors I've worked with have been pretty sensitive to the quality of the interpreted scenes. Over the long haul I'd say that most directors I've worked with have been pretty sensitive to the quality of the interpreted scenes.
Rod Serling quotes: I guess we all have a little vaunting itch for immortality, I guess that must be it. I guess we all have a little vaunting itch for immortality, I guess that must be it.
Rod Serling quotes: Do I want to start my own production company? No, I doubt it. I'm too old for that. I don't want to start anything. Do I want to start my own production company? No, I doubt it. I'm too old for that. I don't want to start anything.
Rod Serling quotes: I don't enjoy any of the process of writing. I enjoy it when it goes on if it zings and it has great warmth and import and it's successful. I don't enjoy any of the process of writing. I enjoy it when it goes on if it zings and it has great warmth and import and it's successful.
Rod Serling quotes: Whenever you write, whatever you write, never make the mistake of assuming the audience is any less intelligent than you are. Whenever you write, whatever you write, never make the mistake of assuming the audience is any less intelligent than you are.
Rod Serling quotes: A place . . . a time . . . where a man can live his life full measure. A place . . . a time . . . where a man can live his life full measure.
Rod Serling quotes: I think I would like to be in Victorian times. Small town. Bandstands. Summer. That kind of thing. Without disease. I think I would like to be in Victorian times. Small town. Bandstands. Summer. That kind of thing. Without disease.
Rod Serling quotes: Ideas are born from what is smelled, heard, seen, experienced, felt, emotionalized. Ideas are born from what is smelled, heard, seen, experienced, felt, emotionalized.
Rod Serling quotes: I don't believe in reincarnation. That's a cop-out, I know. I don't really want to be reincarnated. I don't believe in reincarnation. That's a cop-out, I know. I don't really want to be reincarnated.
Rod Serling quotes: You can be a hunchback and a dwarf and what-all. If you write beautifully, you can write beautifully. You can be a hunchback and a dwarf and what-all. If you write beautifully, you can write beautifully.
Rod Serling quotes: Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest. Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest.
Rod Serling quotes: I don't feel, God dictated that I should write. I don't feel, God dictated that I should write.
Rod Serling quotes: There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy. There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.
Rod Serling quotes: If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer. If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer.
Rod Serling quotes: I don't know what my friends do. Generally they become producers. That way they can stop writing! I don't know what my friends do. Generally they become producers. That way they can stop writing!
Rod Serling quotes: There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on. There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.
Rod Serling quotes: I write much better in the nonconfines of the early morning than I do the clutter of the day. I write much better in the nonconfines of the early morning than I do the clutter of the day.

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