“Time, too, is a function of Shadow, and even Dworkin did not know all of its ins and outs. Or perhaps he… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
I've always been impulsive. My thinking is usually pretty good, but I always seem to do it after I do my talking… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“That was the first time in my life that I knew the meaning of despair. I read, I worked, I drank, I… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
An army, great in space, may offer opposition in a brief span of time. One man, brief in space, must spread his… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
The enemy of the moment is not as important as our own inner weakness. If this is not mended we are already… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
The first time I met Harlan Ellison, we were both unpublished young punks in Cleveland, Ohio. — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“I wish that some time, long ago, something had not been said that was said, or something done that was not done.… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“It was my turn to be silent while a small family of moments crossed my path, single file, from the left, sticking… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“I have many names, and none of them matter. Names are not important. To speak is to name names, but to speak… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
I read Herman Hesse's 'Siddhartha' while I was writing 'Lord of Light' along with many other things. It seemed a good time… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
At the end of the season of sorrows comes the time of rejoicing. Spring, like a well-oiled clock, noiselessly indicates this time. — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
It is anticipation and recollection that fill the heart—never the sensation of the moment. — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
Did you ever look back at some moment in your past and have it suddenly grow so vivid that all the intervening… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“But that is the way it is with all oracles, Jack. When that which is foreseen comes to pass, the inquirer is… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
After a while the business end of writing takes too much of the writing time. Better to pay someone ten percent and… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
If you ever loved anything in your life, try to remember it. If you ever betrayed anything, pretend for a moment that… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“Such times are rare, such times are fleeting, but always bright when caught, measured, hung, and later regarded in times of adversity,… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“It was almost a mystical experience. I do not know how else to put it. My mind outran time as he neared,… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
In any novel I write, I have in my mind several things which happened in the protagonist's past which I never mention… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
I find fantasy easier to write. If I'm going to write science fiction, I spend a lot more time thinking up justifications.… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“Siddhartha considered the ways of the demon, and in that moment he struck.” — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
Do you work for the government, any government?” "I pay taxes, which means I work for the government, part of the time.… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“I was willing to die fighting, but it was senseless for all these men to go down with me. Perhaps my blood was tainted,… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities. — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“Time, too, is a function of Shadow, and even Dworkin did not know all of its ins and outs. Or perhaps he did. Maybe… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
I've always been impulsive. My thinking is usually pretty good, but I always seem to do it after I do my talking — by… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“And again, damn. Of troubles I considered myself amply possessed. But those who have do seem to get. Some spiritual form of compound interest,… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“Far below, the ocean was a bluegray rug being pulled out from beneath us.” — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
A powerful flight of the imagination . . . an entirely enjoyable reading experience, wrought by a pair of writers noted for excellence. — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform. — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
I always wanted to write, ever since I was a kid. I started writing at the age of 11. All I wanted to do… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“That was the first time in my life that I knew the meaning of despair. I read, I worked, I drank, I whored, but… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
