Like a wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Y is for YGGDRASIL. The legendary Nordic ash tree with its three roots extending into the lands of mortals, giants, and Niflheim,… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
I don't know how you perceive my mission as a writer, but for me it is not a responsibility to reaffirm your… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
I know that pain is the most important thing in the universes. Greater than survival, greater than love, greater even than the… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Thank your readers and the critics who praise you, and then ignore them. Write for the most intelligent, wittiest, wisest audience in… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
With the Internet, the greatest disseminator of bad data and bad information the universe has ever known, it's become impossible to trust… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Time is like a river flowing endlessly through the universe. And if you poled your flatboat in that river you might fight… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste? — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
They change scapegoats at the networks more regularly than some people change socks. — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Repent, Harlequin," said the Ticktock Man. "Get stuffed," the Harlequin replied. — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
“Living under the land, under the sea, in the belly of AM, whom we created...” — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
There in the midst of the Amazon Jungle, Simon Haskell has cobbled up for himself a replica of an Art Deco salon. — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
For the first time we have a weapon that nobody has used for thirty years. This gives me great hope for the human race. — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
“There are forces in the world today, Mr. Winsocki, that are invisibly working to make us all carbon copies of one another. Forces that… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
“Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.”… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
I write a kind of surreal fantasy, but they can't put 'surreal fantasy' on a paperback. — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver. — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image