--- title: "Best Robert E. Howard Quotations" description: "Robert Ervin Howard was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in many genres and created the character Conan the Barbarian." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-e-howard-79683.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-e-howard-79683.jpg) # Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) Writer United States **123** quotes in **533** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Robert E. Howard was a writer from the United States, best known for *Beyond the Black River*. ## Quick Facts About Robert E. Howard Born January 22, 1906 Died June 11, 1936 Nationality United States Profession Writer Notable works Beyond the Black River Known for The Hour of the Dragon, Pigeons from Hell, Worms of the Earth, Kings of the Night ## About Robert E. Howard He is considered the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. ## Quotes by Robert E. Howard · Page 4 > [Never the less, at the age of fifteen, having never seen a writer, a poet, a publisher or a magazine editor, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/never-the-less-at-the-age-of-fifteen-having-never-seen-a-writer-a/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/robert-e-howard-3742_age_never-the-less-at-the-age-of-fifteen-hav_1245240.jpg) > [“Nay, alone I am a weak creature, having no strength or might in me; yet in times past hath God made me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/nay-alone-i-am-a-weak-creature-having-no-strength-or-might-in-me-yet/) [Robert E. 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Howard by topic [Men (28)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/robert-e-howard/) [Life (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/robert-e-howard/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/#itemlist", "name": "Robert E. Howard Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Never the less, at the age of fifteen, having never seen a writer, a poet, a publisher or a magazine editor, and having only the vaguest ideas of procedure, I began working on the profession I had chosen.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert E. 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