The writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time. — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy. — Rod Serling Copy Share
I don't believe in reincarnation. That's a cop-out, I know. I don't really want to be reincarnated. — Rod Serling Copy Share
I was deeply interested in conveying what is a deeply felt conviction of my own. This is simply to suggest that human beings must… — Rod Serling Copy Share
If in any quest for magic, in any search for sorcery, witchery, legerdemain, first check the human spirit. — Rod Serling Copy Share
Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete — Rod Serling Copy Share
It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears. — Rod Serling Copy Share
I don't know what my friends do. Generally they become producers. That way they can stop writing! — Rod Serling Copy Share
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… — Rod Serling Copy Share
According to the Bible, God created the heavens and the Earth. It is man’s prerogative - and woman’s - to create their own particular… — Rod Serling Copy Share
“In his grave, we praise him for his decency - but when he walked amongst us, we responded with no decency of our own.… — Rod Serling Copy Share
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… — Rod Serling Copy Share
I would guess that the price of the script really is secondary. The credit is much more the essence. — Rod Serling Copy Share
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… — Rod Serling Copy Share
