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> [I don't think playing it safe constitutes a retreat, necessarily. In other words, I don't think if, by playing safe he means we are not going to delve into controversy, then if that's what he means he's quite right. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/i-don-t-think-playing-it-safe-constitutes-a-retreat-necessarily-in/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/if-you-have-the-temerity-to-try-to-dramatize-a-theme-that-involves/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

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## More by Rod Serling

> [If you want to prove that God is not dead first prove that man is alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/if-you-want-to-prove-that-god-is-not-dead-first-prove-that-man-is/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/there-is-nothing-in-the-dark-that-isn-t-there-when-the-lights-are-on/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/there-are-weapons-that-are-simply-thoughts-for-the-record-prejudices/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [I don't believe in reincarnation. That's a cop-out, I know. I don't really want to be reincarnated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/i-don-t-believe-in-reincarnation-that-s-a-cop-out-i-know-i-don-t/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [I was deeply interested in conveying what is a deeply felt conviction of my own. This is simply to suggest that human beings must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/i-was-deeply-interested-in-conveying-what-is-a-deeply-felt-conviction/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [If in any quest for magic, in any search for sorcery, witchery, legerdemain, first check the human spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/if-in-any-quest-for-magic-in-any-search-for-sorcery-witchery/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/any-state-any-entity-any-ideology-that-fails-to-recognize-the-worth/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/it-may-be-said-with-a-degree-of-assurance-that-not-everything-that/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [I don't know what my friends do. Generally they become producers. That way they can stop writing!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/i-don-t-know-what-my-friends-do-generally-they-become-producers-that/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [I just want people to remember me a hundred years from now. I don't care that they're not able to quote any single line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/i-just-want-people-to-remember-me-a-hundred-years-from-now-i-don-t/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [According to the Bible, God created the heavens and the Earth. It is man’s prerogative - and woman’s - to create their own particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/according-to-the-bible-god-created-the-heavens-and-the-earth-it-is/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [“In his grave, we praise him for his decency - but when he walked amongst us, we responded with no decency of our own.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/in-his-grave-we-praise-him-for-his-decency-but-when-he-walked-amongst/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [If you're really a good writer and deserve that honored position, then by God, you'll write, and you'll be read, and you'll be produced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/if-you-re-really-a-good-writer-and-deserve-that-honored-position-then/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [I would guess that the price of the script really is secondary. The credit is much more the essence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/i-would-guess-that-the-price-of-the-script-really-is-secondary-the/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

> [I don't think it's man's function to write. I don't think it's a normal thing like teeth-brushing and going to the bathroom. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/i-don-t-think-it-s-man-s-function-to-write-i-don-t-think-it-s-a/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

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