--- title: "Best Roger Zelazny Sayings" description: "Roger Zelazny was an American writer of fantasy and science‑fiction, best known for The Chronicles of Amber series. Browse 220 Roger Zelazny quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-roger-zelazny-1604.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-roger-zelazny-1604.jpg) # Roger Zelazny (1937–1995) Writer United States **220** quotes in **780** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet 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 · Page 3 > [It is a pain in the ass waiting around for someone to try to kill you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/it-is-a-pain-in-the-ass-waiting-around-for-someone-to-try-to-kill-you/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Kill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/roger-zelazny-1604_kill_it-is-a-pain-in-the-ass-waiting-around-f_1242249.png) > [When your bow is broken and your last arrow spent, then shoot, shoot with your whole heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/when-your-bow-is-broken-and-your-last-arrow-spent-then-shoot-shoot/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Arrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/roger-zelazny-1604_arrow_when-your-bow-is-broken-and-your-last-ar_1711527.png) > [Between the black of yesterday and the white of tomorrow is the great gray of today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/between-the-black-of-yesterday-and-the-white-of-tomorrow-is-the-great/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/roger-zelazny-1604_black_between-the-black-of-yesterday-and-the-w_2924243.png) > [Columbia University in 1959 had a kind of reputation that interested me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/columbia-university-in-1959-had-a-kind-of-reputation-that-interested/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Columbia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/columbia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/roger-zelazny-1604_columbia_columbia-university-in-1959-had-a-kind-o_653101.png) > [The most difficult thing about Time, I have learned, is doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/the-most-difficult-thing-about-time-i-have-learned-is-doing-it/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Difficult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/difficult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/roger-zelazny-1604_difficult_the-most-difficult-thing-about-time-i-ha_1394100.png) > [“it is because I am a man who occasionally aspires to things beyond the belly and the phallus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/it-is-because-i-am-a-man-who-occasionally-aspires-to-things-beyond/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Worth-of-a-man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/worth-of-a-man-209290/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/roger-zelazny-1604_worth-of-a-man_it-is-because-i-am-a-man-who-occasionall_2773655.png) > [It is anticipation and recollection that fill the heart—never the sensation of the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/it-is-anticipation-and-recollection-that-fill-the-heart-never-the/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Anticipation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anticipation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/roger-zelazny-1604_anticipation_it-is-anticipation-and-recollection-that_1340112.png) > [“Far below, the ocean was a bluegray rug being pulled out from beneath us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/far-below-the-ocean-was-a-bluegray-rug-being-pulled-out-from-beneath/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Beneath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beneath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5a/roger-zelazny-1604_beneath_far-below-the-ocean-was-a-bluegray-rug-b_95467.png) > [Even the most heartening of philosophical vistas is no match for, say, a toothache, if it happens to be your own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/even-the-most-heartening-of-philosophical-vistas-is-no-match-for-say/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Happens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/roger-zelazny-1604_happens_even-the-most-heartening-of-philosophica_400707.jpg) > [“Time, too, is a function of Shadow, and even Dworkin did not know all of its ins and outs. Or perhaps he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/time-too-is-a-function-of-shadow-and-even-dworkin-did-not-know-all-of/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shadow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/roger-zelazny-1604_shadow_time-too-is-a-function-of-shadow-and-eve_81838.png) > [If a building is falling on you, you don't concern yourself with the horn of an approaching car. You deal with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/if-a-building-is-falling-on-you-you-don-t-concern-yourself-with-the/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Building](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/building/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/roger-zelazny-1604_building_if-a-building-is-falling-on-you-you-don_3016741.png) > [In any novel I write, I have in my mind several things which happened in the protagonist's past which I never mention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/in-any-novel-i-write-i-have-in-my-mind-several-things-which-happened/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/roger-zelazny-1604_book_in-any-novel-i-write-i-have-in-my-mind-s_2580885.jpg) > [“I wonder as to the value of consciousness,” said Jack, “if it does not change the nature of a beast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-wonder-as-to-the-value-of-consciousness-said-jack-if-it-does-not/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Conciousness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conciousness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36d/roger-zelazny-1604_conciousness_i-wonder-as-to-the-value-of-consciousnes_1095913.png) > [Of course it does not apply to me. I am the soul of honor, kindness, mercy and goodness. Trust me in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/of-course-it-does-not-apply-to-me-i-am-the-soul-of-honor-kindness/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Compassion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e43/roger-zelazny-1604_compassion_of-course-it-does-not-apply-to-me-i-am-t_2711990.png) > [Strygalldwir is my name. Conjure with it and I will eat your heart and liver." "Conjure with it? I can't even pronounce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/strygalldwir-is-my-name-conjure-with-it-and-i-will-eat-your-heart-and/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Eat your heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eat-your-heart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/roger-zelazny-1604_eat-your-heart_strygalldwir-is-my-name-conjure-with-it_1314284.png) > [“Wishes, wishes. Wish in one hand and do something else in the other, and squeeze them both and see which comes true”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/wishes-wishes-wish-in-one-hand-and-do-something-else-in-the-other-and/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Wish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/roger-zelazny-1604_wish_wishes-wishes-wish-in-one-hand-and-do-so_2317148.png) > [I find fantasy easier to write. If I'm going to write science fiction, I spend a lot more time thinking up justifications.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-find-fantasy-easier-to-write-if-i-m-going-to-write-science-fiction/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Balance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/roger-zelazny-1604_balance_i-find-fantasy-easier-to-write-if-i-m-go_2612128.jpg) > [I got the idea for my novel 'Lord of Light' when I cut myself shaving just before I was to go on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-got-the-idea-for-my-novel-lord-of-light-when-i-cut-myself-shaving/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/roger-zelazny-1604_books_i-got-the-idea-for-my-novel-lord-of-ligh_1622058.jpg) > [An army, great in space, may offer opposition in a brief span of time. One man, brief in space, must spread his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/an-army-great-in-space-may-offer-opposition-in-a-brief-span-of-time/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Army](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/army/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/roger-zelazny-1604_army_an-army-great-in-space-may-offer-opposit_263263.png) > [“The columns of mounted men moved forward, passed out through the gates of the Palace of Karma, turned off the roadway and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/the-columns-of-mounted-men-moved-forward-passed-out-through-the-gates/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Sf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/roger-zelazny-1604_sf_the-columns-of-mounted-men-moved-forward_2209241.jpg) > [“Amber casts an infinity of shadows, and my Avalon had cast many of its own, because of my presence there. I might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/amber-casts-an-infinity-of-shadows-and-my-avalon-had-cast-many-of-its/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Infinity Shadows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/infinity-shadows-1593002/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/roger-zelazny-1604_infinity-shadows_amber-casts-an-infinity-of-shadows-and-m_1749462.jpg) > [I walked among Shadows, and found a race of furry creatures, dark and clawed and fanged, reasonably manlike, and about as intelligent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-walked-among-shadows-and-found-a-race-of-furry-creatures-dark-and/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/roger-zelazny-1604_animals_i-walked-among-shadows-and-found-a-race_2595737.jpg) > [In a sense, fantasy is a freer play of the imagination. You can achieve exactly the situation you want with less groundwork,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/in-a-sense-fantasy-is-a-freer-play-of-the-imagination-you-can-achieve/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Fantasy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantasy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/roger-zelazny-1604_fantasy_in-a-sense-fantasy-is-a-freer-play-of-th_500136.png) > [My mind spun for a second before it drifted, and in that second I knew that of all pleasures a drink of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/my-mind-spun-for-a-second-before-it-drifted-and-in-that-second-i-knew/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Cigarette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/roger-zelazny-1604_cigarette_my-mind-spun-for-a-second-before-it-drif_1604851.png) > [“Soul,” said Jack, turning toward it again, “you’ve been listening. Do you have any suggestions?” “I have only one desire.” “What is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/soul-said-jack-turning-toward-it-again-you-ve-been-listening-do-you/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Consent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/601/roger-zelazny-1604_consent_soul-said-jack-turning-toward-it-again-y_2505717.png) > [“Raping a planet involves considerable expense. Enormous blasters and slicers and sluicers and refiners are required to reduce a world back almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/raping-a-planet-involves-considerable-expense-enormous-blasters-and/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/roger-zelazny-1604_climate_raping-a-planet-involves-considerable-ex_277553.png) > [“Collins and Morales represent a segment of society which, if attacked with the weapons society sanctions, one finds buffered by innumerable layers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/collins-and-morales-represent-a-segment-of-society-which-if-attacked/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Anarchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e1/roger-zelazny-1604_anarchy_collins-and-morales-represent-a-segment_2135469.png) > [“Then every man would be as a god, you see. The result of this, of course, would be that there would no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/then-every-man-would-be-as-a-god-you-see-the-result-of-this-of-course/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [1967](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1967-434/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/roger-zelazny-1604_1967_then-every-man-would-be-as-a-god-you-see_286455.png) > [“It was almost a mystical experience. I do not know how else to put it. My mind outran time as he neared,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/it-was-almost-a-mystical-experience-i-do-not-know-how-else-to-put-it/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Benedict](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benedict/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/roger-zelazny-1604_benedict_it-was-almost-a-mystical-experience-i-do_1963039.jpg) > [“They are doodlehums." "Doodlehums?" "Antisocial individuals, intentional circumventors of statutes." "Oh, hoodlums. Yes I guessed that much on my own. What can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/they-are-doodlehums-doodlehums-antisocial-individuals-intentional/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [1976](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1976-449/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fa/roger-zelazny-1604_1976_they-are-doodlehums-doodlehums-antisocia_2309079.png) > [“As I sailed into Shadow, a white bird of my desire came and sat upon my right shoulder, and I wrote a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/as-i-sailed-into-shadow-a-white-bird-of-my-desire-came-and-sat-upon/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/roger-zelazny-1604_bird_as-i-sailed-into-shadow-a-white-bird-of_2366289.png) > [“Dress Blacks mag-bind down the sides, leaving a smooth front whereon is displayed a green-blue-gray-white Earth insignia, about three inches in diameter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/dress-blacks-mag-bind-down-the-sides-leaving-a-smooth-front-whereon/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Fashion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fashion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/roger-zelazny-1604_fashion_dress-blacks-mag-bind-down-the-sides-lea_2078480.jpg) > [There are none of you, good doctors, could cope with my family anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/there-are-none-of-you-good-doctors-could-cope-with-my-family-anyway/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/roger-zelazny-1604_cope_there-are-none-of-you-good-doctors-could_1207810.png) > [...even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/even-a-mirror-will-not-show-you-yourself-if-you-do-not-wish-to-see/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Mirror](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mirror/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/roger-zelazny-1604_mirror_even-a-mirror-will-not-show-you-yourself_357290.png) > [“I believe everything I say, though I know I'm a liar.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-believe-everything-i-say-though-i-know-i-m-a-liar/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/roger-zelazny-1604_believe_i-believe-everything-i-say-though-i-know_309674.png) > [Time passed slowly, like and old man climbing a hill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/time-passed-slowly-like-and-old-man-climbing-a-hill/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Climbing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/roger-zelazny-1604_climbing_time-passed-slowly-like-and-old-man-clim_1637753.png) > [In the Soviet Union, you always have the feeling someone is watching you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/in-the-soviet-union-you-always-have-the-feeling-someone-is-watching/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/roger-zelazny-1604_always_in-the-soviet-union-you-always-have-the_2580511.png) > [Beware the meek ... for we shall attempt to inherit the Earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/beware-the-meek-for-we-shall-attempt-to-inherit-the-earth/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Beware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beware/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/roger-zelazny-1604_beware_beware-the-meek-for-we-shall-attempt-to_3146975.png) > [I enjoy travel very much. I've taken the kids to Europe when there were just the two boys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-enjoy-travel-very-much-i-ve-taken-the-kids-to-europe-when-there/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Enjoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enjoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/roger-zelazny-1604_enjoy_i-enjoy-travel-very-much-i-ve-taken-the_1458806.png) > [Be warned, therefore, that one does not go to hell to light a cigarette.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/be-warned-therefore-that-one-does-not-go-to-hell-to-light-a-cigarette/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Cigarette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cigarette/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/roger-zelazny-1604_cigarette_be-warned-therefore-that-one-does-not-go_2179374.png) ## Roger Zelazny by topic [Time (25)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/roger-zelazny/) [Writing 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