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# Roger Zelazny

(1937–1995)   Writer   United States

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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 · Page 5

> [Sleep is perhaps the only among life's great pleasures which need not be of short duration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/sleep-is-perhaps-the-only-among-life-s-great-pleasures-which-need-not/)

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> [I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-try-to-sit-down-at-the-typewriter-four-times-a-day-even-if-it-s/)

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> [Ultimately, you've got to have something to say, so a writer should continue learning things throughout life. But I don't think education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/ultimately-you-ve-got-to-have-something-to-say-so-a-writer-should/)

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> [I have decided, it is fruitless. For I am no longer sure of anything concerning my existance. A philosopher is a dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-have-decided-it-is-fruitless-for-i-am-no-longer-sure-of-anything/)

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> [To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, "I wish I had known this some time ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/to-paraphrase-oedipus-hamlet-lear-and-all-those-guys-i-wish-i-had/)

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> [“Ill met by moonlight,' said Deirdre. 'You could still be tied to a stake,' said Random, and she did not reply.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/ill-met-by-moonlight-said-deirdre-you-could-still-be-tied-to-a-stake/)

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> [I always wanted to write, ever since I was a kid. I started writing at the age of 11. All I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-always-wanted-to-write-ever-since-i-was-a-kid-i-started-writing-at/)

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> [“That was the first time in my life that I knew the meaning of despair. I read, I worked, I drank, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/that-was-the-first-time-in-my-life-that-i-knew-the-meaning-of-despair/)

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> [You are a fool to speak of last great battles...for the last great battle is always the next one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/you-are-a-fool-to-speak-of-last-great-battles-for-the-last-great/)

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> [“As for the rest of him, his function is rather like that of an anti-computer: you feed him all kinds of carefully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/as-for-the-rest-of-him-his-function-is-rather-like-that-of-an-anti/)

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> [“Stubama i dolje. Ni zvuka odozdo. Znači kasno je. Dobro. Još jedan dan, a još smo živi. Možda čak i malo mudriji.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/stubama-i-dolje-ni-zvuka-odozdo-zna-i-kasno-je-dobro-jo-jedan-dan-a/)

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> [“Are you going to do it?" he asked. "Maybe," I said. Don't 'maybe' me, baby. It's written all over you. I'd almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/are-you-going-to-do-it-he-asked-maybe-i-said-don-t-maybe-me-baby-it-s/)

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> [Nick swore he'd die with this boots on, on some exotic safari, but he found his Kilimanjaro in a hospital on Earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/nick-swore-he-d-die-with-this-boots-on-on-some-exotic-safari-but-he/)

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> [“But that is the way it is with all oracles, Jack. When that which is foreseen comes to pass, the inquirer is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/but-that-is-the-way-it-is-with-all-oracles-jack-when-that-which-is/)

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> [The places where I have the nameless character in 'My Name Is Legion' meet his boss are real places I've been to.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/the-places-where-i-have-the-nameless-character-in-my-name-is-legion/)

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> [“I have a better idea,' said she. 'Know that under a mortal name am I mistress of the Palace of Kama in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-have-a-better-idea-said-she-know-that-under-a-mortal-name-am-i/)

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> [“The Keeper of Clouds has unpenned his charges. The Keeper of Winds has unlocked his gates. The Keeper of Waters has opened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/the-keeper-of-clouds-has-unpenned-his-charges-the-keeper-of-winds-has/)

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> [“Heredity or environment? I wondered wryly. We were all of us, to some degree, mad after his fashion. To be honest, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/heredity-or-environment-i-wondered-wryly-we-were-all-of-us-to-some/)

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> [“You are one of the few successful persons I know." "Me? Why?" "You know precisely what you are doing and you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/you-are-one-of-the-few-successful-persons-i-know-me-why-you-know/)

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> [“Who are you, man?" "I? I am nothing," replied the other. "A leaf caught in a whirlpool. A feather in the wind..."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/who-are-you-man-i-i-am-nothing-replied-the-other-a-leaf-caught-in-a/)

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> [“So feathers or lead?” I asked him. “Pardon?” “It is the riddle of the kallikanzaros. Pick one.” “Feathers?” “You’re wrong.” “If I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/so-feathers-or-lead-i-asked-him-pardon-it-is-the-riddle-of-the/)

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> [“As he was cast over the edge, he was able to turn and look upward. Falling, he saw a dark figure in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/as-he-was-cast-over-the-edge-he-was-able-to-turn-and-look-upward/)

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> [“Between you and me, the words, like mortar, separating, holding together those pieces of the structure ourselves. To say them, to cast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/between-you-and-me-the-words-like-mortar-separating-holding-together/)

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> [“Then the one called Raltariki is really a demon?" asked Tak. "Yes—and no," said Yama, "If by 'demon' you mean a malefic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/then-the-one-called-raltariki-is-really-a-demon-asked-tak-yes-and-no/)

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> [“Predosjećaji su se igrali lovice u dubinama moga uma, ali niti jedan od njih nije mi se sviđao dovoljno da bih ga…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/predosje-aji-su-se-igrali-lovice-u-dubinama-moga-uma-ali-niti-jedan/)

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> [Robots are very tricky to design and expensive, whereas humans are cheaply manufactured. Humans can handle things with greater manual dexterity than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/robots-are-very-tricky-to-design-and-expensive-whereas-humans-are/)

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> [If the liberal arts do nothing else they provide engaging metaphors for the thinking they displace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/if-the-liberal-arts-do-nothing-else-they-provide-engaging-metaphors/)

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> [“we avoided their swarms by putting one foot in front of another without pause and making noises of our own. We didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/we-avoided-their-swarms-by-putting-one-foot-in-front-of-another/)

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> [“But I recall the springtime of the world as though it were yesterday—those days when we rode together to battle, and those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/but-i-recall-the-springtime-of-the-world-as-though-it-were-yesterday/)

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> [“If someone asks you why you're oppressing a world and you reply with a lot of poetic crap, no. I guess there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/if-someone-asks-you-why-you-re-oppressing-a-world-and-you-reply-with/)

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> [Space opera was the sort of story on which I grew up. When I was younger, I read heavily in pulp magazines.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/space-opera-was-the-sort-of-story-on-which-i-grew-up-when-i-was/)

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> [“While it shows the gods as no better than the rest of us," she said, "at least, it shows them as no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/while-it-shows-the-gods-as-no-better-than-the-rest-of-us-she-said-at/)

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> [“Ali gotovo uvijek idemo najkraćim putem, ravno, pa zaboravljamo da čovjek može napredovati čak i kad ide u krug.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/ali-gotovo-uvijek-idemo-najkra-im-putem-ravno-pa-zaboravljamo-da/)

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> [Why could you not have left me as I was, in the sea of being?" "Because the world has need of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/why-could-you-not-have-left-me-as-i-was-in-the-sea-of-being-because/)

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> [My favorite form is the short story. From an aesthetics stand point you really have to pare down to the bone. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/my-favorite-form-is-the-short-story-from-an-aesthetics-stand-point/)

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> [“things sort of equal to equal things sort of being equal to each other, it didn’t much seem to matter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/things-sort-of-equal-to-equal-things-sort-of-being-equal-to-each/)

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> [“One of the disadvantages of traveling alone is that when you fall there is none to assist you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/one-of-the-disadvantages-of-traveling-alone-is-that-when-you-fall/)

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> [I fail to see what difference it makes whether it be supernatural or not--so long as it is malefic, possesses great powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-fail-to-see-what-difference-it-makes-whether-it-be-supernatural-or/)

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> [“Life is full of doors that don't open when you knock, equally spaced amid those that open when don't want them to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/life-is-full-of-doors-that-don-t-open-when-you-knock-equally-spaced/)

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> [Thus did I bear Sir Lancelot de Lac to the Keep of Ganleon, whom I trusted like a brother. That is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/thus-did-i-bear-sir-lancelot-de-lac-to-the-keep-of-ganleon-whom-i/)

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## Roger Zelazny by topic

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                        "text": "“Who are you, man?\" \"I? I am nothing,\" replied the other. \"A leaf caught in a whirlpool. A feather in the wind...\" \"Too bad,\" said Yama, \"for there are leaves and feathers enough in the world for me to have labored so long only to increase their number. I wanted me a man, one who might continue a war interrupted by his absence-a man of power who could oppose with that power the will of gods. I thought you were he.\" \"I am\"-he sqinted again-\"Sam. I am Sam. Once- long ago... I did fight, didn't I? Many times...\" \"You were the Great-Souled Sam, the Budda. Do you remember?\" \"Maybe I was..\" a slow fire was kindled in his eyes. \"Yes,\" he said then. \"Yes, I was. Humblest of the proud, proudest of the humble. I fought. I taught the Way for a time. I fought again, taught again, tried politics, magic, poison.. I fought one great battle so terrible the sun itself hid its face from the slaughter-with men and gods, with animals and demons, with spirits of the earth and air, of fire and water, with slizzards and horses, swords and chariots-\" \"And you lost,\" said Yama. \"Yes, I did, didn't I? But it was quite a showing we gave them, wasn't it? You, deathgod, were my charioteer. It all comes back to me now. We were taken prisoner and the Lords of Karma were to be our judges. You escaped them by the will-death and the Way of the Black Wheel. I could not.”",
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                        "text": "“So feathers or lead?” I asked him. “Pardon?” “It is the riddle of the kallikanzaros. Pick one.” “Feathers?” “You’re wrong.” “If I had said lead’ . . .?” “Uh-uh. You only have one chance. The correct answer is whatever the kallikanzaros wants it to be. You lose.” “That sounds a bit arbitrary.” “Kallikanzaroi are that way. It’s Greek, rather than Oriental subtlety. Less inscrutable, too. Because your life often depends on the answer, and the kallikanzaros generally wants you to lose.”",
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                        "text": "“Between you and me, the words, like mortar, separating, holding together those pieces of the structure ourselves. To say them, to cast their shadows on the page, is the act of binding mutual passions, is cognizance, yourself/myself, of our sameness under skin; it rears possible cathedrals indicating infinity with steeply-high styli. For when tomorrow comes it is today, and if it is not the drop that is eternity glistening at the pen’s point, then the ink of our voices surrounds like an always night, and mortar marks the limit of our cells.”",
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                        "text": "“Then the one called Raltariki is really a demon?\" asked Tak. \"Yes—and no,\" said Yama, \"If by 'demon' you mean a malefic, supernatural creature, possessed of great powers, life span and the ability to temporarily assume virtually any shape—then the answer is no. This is the generally accepted definition, but it is untrue in one respect.\" \"Oh? And what may that be?\" \"It is not a supernatural creature.\" \"But it is all those other things?\" \"Yes.\" \"Then I fail to see what difference it makes whether it be supernatural or not—so long as it is malefic, possesses great powers and life span and has the ability to change its shape at will.\" \"Ah, but it makes a great deal of difference, you see. It is the difference between the unknown and the unknowable, between science and fantasy—it is a matter of essence. The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to the unknowable.”",
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