Harlan Ellison ✓

(1934–2018) writer United States

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Harlan Ellison (1934–2018) was a United States writer, known for Dangerous Visions|I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream|"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman|The Last Dangerous Visions|Harlan Ellison's Watching|Again, Dangerous Visions|A Boy and His Dog|Life Hutch.

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• The ability to dream is all I have to give. That is my responsibility; that is my burden. And even I grow tired. Ability
• Repent, Harlequin," said the Ticktock Man. "Get stuffed," the Harlequin replied. Get Stuffed
• The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer. Becoming
• In my ugly, elitist opinion we are not all entitled to voice our opinions, we are entitled to pass along our informed opinions. All
• I don't know how you perceive my mission as a writer, but for me it is not a responsibility to reaffirm your concretized myths and… Act
• HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS… Began
• I can't picture in my mind three hundred and sixty thousand dollars... When I think of it, all I can see in my mind is… All
• When you're all alone out there, on the end of the typewriter, with each new story a new appraisal by the world of whether you… Absolutely
• Why let them order you about? Why let them tell you to hurry and scurry like ants or maggots? Take your time! Saunter a while!… Ants
• I will use big words from time to time, the meanings of which I may only vaguely perceive, in hopes such cupidity will send you… Behavior
• Uh, excuse me, sir, I, uh, don't known how to uh, to uh, tell you this, but you were three minutes late. The schedule is… Behind
• They minute people fall in love they become liars. Become Liars
• Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste? Deodorant
• Get a day job, make your money from that, and write to please yourself. Day
• It is not merely enough to love literature if one wishes to spend one's life as a writer. It is a dangerous undertaking on the… Act
• Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a coward. He is… Chief
• Everybody has opinions: I have them, you have them. And we are all told from the moment we open our eyes, that everyone is entitled… All
• People on the outside think there's something magical about writing, that you go up in the attic at midnight and cast the bones and come… All
• On love: I have no respect for anyone who says they've given up, or that they're not looking or that they're tired. That is to… Abrogate
• Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we… Alike

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