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# Roger Zelazny

(1937–1995)   Writer   United States

 **220** quotes in **780** categories

Death is described as the only god who arrives when summoned. Zelazny calls civilization simply the art of living in cities, and imagines the ocean as a blue‑gray rug pulled from beneath us. He also notes that impulsive actions often undo carefully spoken plans.

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Roger Zelazny was a writer from the United States, best known for *The Last Defender of Camelot*.

## Quick Facts About Roger Zelazny

Born May 13, 1937

Died June 14, 1995

Nationality United States

Profession Writer

Notable works The Last Defender of Camelot

Known for Doorways in the Sand, Lord of Light, The Chronicles of Amber, A Night in the Lonesome October, Eye of Cat

## About Roger Zelazny

He won the Nebula Award three times and the Hugo Award six times. Two of his Hugo wins were for novels: the serial novel And Call Me Conrad (later published as This Immortal) and Lord of Light.

## Awards & Honors

Hugo Award for Best Novel Hugo Award for Best Novella Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Prix Tour-Apollo Award Nebula Award for Best Novelette Hugo Award for Best Novelette Nebula Award for Best Novella Inkpot Award

Show 3 more awards Geffen Award Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame Locus Award for Best Collection

##  Quotes by Roger Zelazny

> [“...And call me Conrad!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/and-call-me-conrad/)

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[Conrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conrad/)

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> [Death is the only god who comes when you call.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/death-is-the-only-god-who-comes-when-you-call/)

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[Comes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/roger-zelazny-1604_comes_death-is-the-only-god-who-comes-when-you_760593.png)

> [Death is mighty, and is no one's friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/death-is-mighty-and-is-no-one-s-friend/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [The dead are too much with us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/the-dead-are-too-much-with-us/)

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[Dead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead/)

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> [“Only friends steal books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/only-friends-steal-books/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/roger-zelazny-1604_books_only-friends-steal-books-3192373_3192373.png)

> [Once a Buddha, always a Buddha.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/once-a-buddha-always-a-buddha/)

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[Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddha/)

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> [It's hard not to be a part of your time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/it-s-hard-not-to-be-a-part-of-your-time/)

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[Hard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hard/)

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> [Go and copulate with yon purple lizard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/go-and-copulate-with-yon-purple-lizard/)

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[Lizard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lizard/)

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> [I enjoy slaughtering beasts, and I think of my relatives constantly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-enjoy-slaughtering-beasts-and-i-think-of-my-relatives-constantly/)

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[Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/)

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> [“Trouble can be purchased cheaply, though the refund may be more than you can bear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/trouble-can-be-purchased-cheaply-though-the-refund-may-be-more-than/)

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[Cheaply](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheaply/)

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> [When inspiration is silent reason tires quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/when-inspiration-is-silent-reason-tires-quickly/)

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[Inspiration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspiration/)

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> [“Siddhartha considered the ways of the demon, and in that moment he struck.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/siddhartha-considered-the-ways-of-the-demon-and-in-that-moment-he/)

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[Buddhism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhism/)

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> [There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/there-s-no-such-thing-as-civilization-the-word-just-means-the-art-of/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [“You are a deviant from the social norm!" "Is that an insult or a diagnosis?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/you-are-a-deviant-from-the-social-norm-is-that-an-insult-or-a/)

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[Humour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humour/)

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> [“In the State of Denmark there was the odor of decay...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/in-the-state-of-denmark-there-was-the-odor-of-decay/)

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[Denmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/denmark/)

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> [“And then the night wind, cool through arches of the years, came hounding after me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/and-then-the-night-wind-cool-through-arches-of-the-years-came/)

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[Wind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wind/)

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> [The enemy of the moment is not as important as our own inner weakness. If this is not mended we are already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/the-enemy-of-the-moment-is-not-as-important-as-our-own-inner-weakness/)

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[Conqueror](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conqueror/)

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> [“And again, damn. Of troubles I considered myself amply possessed. But those who have do seem to get. Some spiritual form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/and-again-damn-of-troubles-i-considered-myself-amply-possessed-but/)

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[Compound interest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compound-interest/)

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> [“A prisoner of he who has already slain you once, he thought. No doubt near to his place of power, in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/a-prisoner-of-he-who-has-already-slain-you-once-he-thought-no-doubt/)

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[Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cage/)

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> [“Blood!" I called out. Give me blood and vengeance this day, my warriors, and you will be remembered in Amber forever!" And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/blood-i-called-out-give-me-blood-and-vengeance-this-day-my-warriors/)

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[Cried Blood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cried-blood-2516824/)

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> [Two days like icebergs bleak, blank, half-melting, all frigid, mainly out of sight, and definitely a threat to peace of mind drifted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/two-days-like-icebergs-bleak-blank-half-melting-all-frigid-mainly-out/)

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[Behinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behinds/)

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> [Nothing we did in those days has caused a change." "Because of what we did, things remained as they were, rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/nothing-we-did-in-those-days-has-caused-a-change-because-of-what-we/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [“He spent the last second of his life screaming, as the force of Bortan's leap pulped him against the ground, before his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/he-spent-the-last-second-of-his-life-screaming-as-the-force-of-bortan/)

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[Hellhound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hellhound/)

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> [So long as no one knows everything about you, you have resources you can call upon for which no one is really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/so-long-as-no-one-knows-everything-about-you-you-have-resources-you/)

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[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

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> [I have a fondness for technology. It's great to spend hours puttering around with mechanical things gotten from junkyards and visualizing what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-have-a-fondness-for-technology-it-s-great-to-spend-hours-puttering/)

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[Come](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/come/)

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> [At Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, I started taking psychology courses. I was interested in the nature of the human mind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/at-case-western-reserve-university-in-cleveland-i-started-taking/)

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[Human](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human/)

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> [Of all the things a man may do, sleep probably contributes most to keeping him sane. It puts brackets about each day.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/of-all-the-things-a-man-may-do-sleep-probably-contributes-most-to/)

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[Cases](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cases/)

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> [“He smelled the smells of commerce and listened to the cursing of the sailors, both of which he admired: the former, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/he-smelled-the-smells-of-commerce-and-listened-to-the-cursing-of-the/)

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[1967](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1967-434/)

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> [I don't know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather like wanting to be an engineer, rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-don-t-know-that-i-ever-wanted-greatness-on-its-own-it-seems-rather/)

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[Design](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/design/)

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> [If you ever loved anything in your life, try to remember it. If you ever betrayed anything, pretend for a moment that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/if-you-ever-loved-anything-in-your-life-try-to-remember-it-if-you/)

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[Betrayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betrayed/)

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> [Death and Light are everywhere, always, and they begin, end, strive, attend, into and upon the Dream of the Nameless that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/death-and-light-are-everywhere-always-and-they-begin-end-strive/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [I never plan ahead, with the exception of the Amber books which had to proceed in sequence. But I don't really like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-never-plan-ahead-with-the-exception-of-the-amber-books-which-had-to/)

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[Amber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amber/)

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> [“If it will give you any satisfaction in the end, I still care for you. Either there is no such thing as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/if-it-will-give-you-any-satisfaction-in-the-end-i-still-care-for-you/)

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[1967](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1967-434/)

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> [“Excuse me, please. You do not understand. You do not really understand who it was we talked with in the tent that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/excuse-me-please-you-do-not-understand-you-do-not-really-understand/)

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[Benedict](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benedict/)

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> [Occasionally, there arises a writing situation where you see an alternative to what you are doing, a mad, wild gamble of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/occasionally-there-arises-a-writing-situation-where-you-see-an/)

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[Alternatives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alternatives/)

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> [“I have many names, and none of them matter. Names are not important. To speak is to name names, but to speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-have-many-names-and-none-of-them-matter-names-are-not-important-to/)

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[First time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-time/)

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> [I worked out a book which I thought was just straight science fiction -- with everything pretty much explained, and suddenly I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-worked-out-a-book-which-i-thought-was-just-straight-science-fiction/)

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[Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angle/)

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> [“Beyond the River of the Blessed, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Avalon. Our swords were shattered in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/beyond-the-river-of-the-blessed-there-we-sat-down-yea-we-wept-when-we/)

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[Amber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amber/)

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> [“Borbom protiv sanjara koji sanja ružnoću, bili oni ljudi ili bogovi, ne možemo a da ne ispunjavamo istovremeno i volju Bezimenog. U…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/borbom-protiv-sanjara-koji-sanja-ru-no-u-bili-oni-ljudi-ili-bogovi-ne/)

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[Toga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/toga/)

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> [“In a room the size of a ballroom the Pattern was laid. The floor was black and looked smooth as glass. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/in-a-room-the-size-of-a-ballroom-the-pattern-was-laid-the-floor-was/)

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[Intricate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intricate/)

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                        "text": "“If it will give you any satisfaction in the end, I still care for you. Either there is no such thing as love, or the word does not mean what I have thought it to mean on many different occasions. It is a feeling without a name, really—better to leave it at that. So take it and go away and have your fun with it. You know that we would both be at one another's throats again one day, as soon as we run out of common enemies. We had many fine reconciliations, but were they ever worth the pain that preceded them? Know that you have won and that you are the goddess I worship—for are not worship and religious awe a combination of love and hate, desire and fear?”",
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                        "text": "“Excuse me, please. You do not understand. You do not really understand who it was we talked with in the tent that night. He may have seemed an ordinary man to you – a handicapped one, at that. But this is not so. I fear Benedict. He is the Master of Arms for Amber. Can you conceive of a millennium? A thousand years? Several of them? Can you understand a man who, for almost every day of a lifetime like that, has spent some time dwelling with weapons, tactics, strategy? All that there is of military science thunders in his head. He has often journeyed from shadow to shadow, witnessing variation after variation on the same battle, with but slightly altered circumstances, in order to test his theories of warfare. He has commanded armies so vast that you could watch them march by day after day and see no end to the columns. Although he is inconvenienced by the loss of his arm, I would not wish to fight with him either with weapons or barehanded. It is fortunate that he has no designs upon the throne, or he would be occupying it right now. If he were, I believe that I would give up at this moment and pay him homage. I fear Benedict.”",
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                        "text": "“I have many names, and none of them matter. Names are not important. To speak is to name names, but to speak is not important. A thing happens once that has never happened before. Seeing it, a man looks upon reality. He cannot tell others what he has seen. Others wish to know, however, so the question him saying, 'What is it like, this thing you have seen?' So he tries to tell them. Perhaps he has seen the very first fire in the world. He tells them, 'It is red, like a poppy, but through it dance other colors. It has no form, like water, flowing everywhere. It is warm, like the sun of summer, only warmer. It exists for a time upon a piece of wood, and then the wood is gone, as though it were eaten, leaving behind that which is black and can be sifted like sand. When the wood is gone, it too is gone.' Therefore, the hearers must think reality is like a poppy, like water, like the sun, like that which eats and excretes. They think it is like to anything that they are told it is like by the man who has known it. But they have not looked upon fire. They cannot really know it. They can only know of it. But fire comes again into the world, many times. More men look upon fire. After a time, fire is as common as grass and clouds and the air they breathe. They see that, while it is like a poppy, it is not a poppy, while it is like water, it is not water, while it is like the sun, it is not the sun, and while it is like that which eats and passes wastes, it is not that which eats and passes wastes, but something different from each of these apart or all of these together. So they look upon this new thing and they make a new word to call it. They call it 'fire.' If they come upon one who still has not seen it and they speak to him of fire, he does not know what they mean. So they, in turn, fall back upon telling him what fire is like. As they do so, they know from their own experience that what they are telling him is not the truth, but only part of it. They know that this man will never know reality from their words, though all the words in the world are theirs to use. He must look upon the fire, smell of it, warm his hands by it, stare into its heart, or remain forever ignorant. Therefore, 'fire' does not matter, 'earth' and 'air' and 'water' do not matter. 'I' do not matter. No word matter. But man forgets reality and remembers words. The more words he remembers, the cleverer do his fellows esteem him. He looks upon the great transformations of the world, but he does not see them as they were seen when man looked upon reality for the first time. Their names come to his lips and he smiles as he tastes them, thinking he knows them in the naming. The thing that has never happened before is still happening. It is still a miracle. The great burning blossom squats, flowing, upon the limb of the world, excreting the ash of the world, and being none of these things I have named and at the same time all of them, and this is reality-the Nameless.”",
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                        "text": "I worked out a book which I thought was just straight science fiction -- with everything pretty much explained, and suddenly I got an idea which I thought was kind of neat for working in a mythological angle. I'm really struggling with myself. It would probably be a better book if I include it, but on the other hand I don't always like to keep reverting to it. I think what I'm going to do is vary my output, do some straight science fiction and some straight fantasy that doesn't involve mythology, and composites.",
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