Write Quotes by Rod Serling

9 Write quotes by Rod Serling

Rod Serling’s nine visionary thoughts on writing capture his speculative edge and moral clarity. The short collection offers a quick, thought‑provoking glimpse into the mind behind iconic narratives.

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I don't feel, God dictated that I should write.

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I've written all that I've wanted to write to date.

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If you write beautifully, you write beautifully, that's all.

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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.…

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Why do I write? I guess that's been asked of every writer. I don't know. It isn't any massive compulsion.

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Whenever you write, whatever you write, never make the mistake of assuming the audience is any less intelligent than you are.

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You can be a hunchback and a dwarf and what-all. If you write beautifully, you can write beautifully.

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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…

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It's part of the business of really not caring about topping myself because I really don't care what's going to happen. I…

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If you want to prove that God is not dead first prove that man is alive.

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There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.

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There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.

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I don't believe in reincarnation. That's a cop-out, I know. I don't really want to be reincarnated.

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I was deeply interested in conveying what is a deeply felt conviction of my own. This is simply to suggest that human beings must…

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If in any quest for magic, in any search for sorcery, witchery, legerdemain, first check the human spirit.

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Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete

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It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.

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I don't know what my friends do. Generally they become producers. That way they can stop writing!

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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…

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According to the Bible, God created the heavens and the Earth. It is man’s prerogative - and woman’s - to create their own particular…

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“In his grave, we praise him for his decency - but when he walked amongst us, we responded with no decency of our own.…

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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…

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I would guess that the price of the script really is secondary. The credit is much more the essence.

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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…

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