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Portrait of Rod Serling

Rod Serling

(1924–1975) Writer United States

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Rod Serling was a writer from the United States, best known for The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas.

Quick Facts About Rod Serling

Born: December 25, 1924
Died: June 28, 1975
Nationality: United States
Profession: Writer
Notable works: The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas
Known for: Patterns, Planet of the Apes, The Twilight Zone
Spouse: Carol Serling

About Rod Serling

Rodman Edward Serling was an American screenwriter and television producer, widely known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his anthology television series The Twilight Zone. Serling was active in politics, both on and off the screen, and helped form television industry standards. He was known as the "angry young man" of Hollywood, clashing with television executives and sponsors over a wide range of issues, including censorship, racism, and war. He was nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards, winning six times.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Bronze Star Medal Inkpot Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Philippine Liberation Medal star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame Army Good Conduct Medal

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Purple Heart Golden Globe Award for Best Director Peabody Awards

Quotes by Rod Serling

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

Alive

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

Dark

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

Suspicion

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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.

Believe

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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…

Anguish

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

Adventure

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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

Dignity

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

Assurance

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

Knows

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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…

Able

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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…

Bible

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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…

Compassion

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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…

Craftsman

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

Credit

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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.…

Animal

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Over the long haul I'd say that most directors I've worked with have been pretty sensitive to the quality of the interpreted…

Directors

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...the worst aspect of our time is prejudice... In almost everything I've written, there is a thread of this - man's seemingly…

Aspect

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I'm a Western-cultured man who subscribes to the ancient saw that men do not cry, I don't cry either. I'll go to…

Ancient

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It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by…

Difficult

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But it makes you wonder, doesn't it? Just how normal are we? Just who are the people we nod our hellos to…

Asks

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I find dictating in the mass media particularly good because you're writing for voice anyway; you're writing for people to say a…

Dictating

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If the producer doesn't like you, consequently he reads the script with a very negative view. But I wouldn't preoccupy myself with…

Damn

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There are millions of ways to not be writing. You say you're not in the mood, you'll pick it up tomorrow.

Millions

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“To My Children, I'm dedicating my little story to you; doubtless you will be among the very few who will ever read…

Children

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I've never really topped myself, because awards in themselves really don't reflect major accomplishment. It's kind of a strange, backslapping ritual that…

Accomplishment

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Rod Serling by topic

Writing (41) Twilight zone (20) Men (20) Ifs (18) Thinking (15) Time (13) People (12) Knows (12) Zone (11) Want (11) Twilight (10) Television (10) Firsts (9) Humans (8)