More from Harlan Ellison

  1. 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 …
  2. They did it wrong, Doc. They made mistakes. And they'll keep it this way, just because everyone wants to believe it. They don't want to kno…
  3. Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver.
  4. 'Hey, gang!' I squeaked in my terrifically accurate Mickey voice. 'Everybody ready to shoot the ultimate Disney flick? The film that rips t…
  5. This is a test. Take notes. This will count as 3/4 of your final grade. Hints: remember, in chess, kings cancel each other out and cannot o…
  6. What he wrote was this: The great tragedy of my life is that in my search for the Holy Grail everyone calls True Love, I see myself as Zorr…
  7. My philosophy of life is that the meek shall inherit nothing but debasement, frustration and ignoble deaths; that there is security in pers…
  8. I am anti-entropy. My work is foursquare for chaos. I spend my life personally, and my work professionally, keeping the soup boiling. Gadfl…

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