--- title: "Best Roger Zelazny Lines" 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 6 > [I read poetry every day. I look at it as an exercise, a kind of T'ai Chi for writers. It teaches economy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-read-poetry-every-day-i-look-at-it-as-an-exercise-a-kind-of-t-ai/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/roger-zelazny-1604_books_i-read-poetry-every-day-i-look-at-it-as_1049271.png) > [While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/while-i-had-often-said-that-i-wanted-to-die-in-bed-what-i-really/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/roger-zelazny-1604_age_while-i-had-often-said-that-i-wanted-to_122138.jpg) > [“Vishnu Vishnu Vishnu regarded regarded regarded Brahma Brahma Brahma... They sat in the Hall of Mirrors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/vishnu-vishnu-vishnu-regarded-regarded-regarded-brahma-brahma-brahma/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Brahma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brahma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/roger-zelazny-1604_brahma_vishnu-vishnu-vishnu-regarded-regarded-r_592453.png) > [“It was my turn to be silent while a small family of moments crossed my path, single file, from the left, sticking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/it-was-my-turn-to-be-silent-while-a-small-family-of-moments-crossed/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/roger-zelazny-1604_family_it-was-my-turn-to-be-silent-while-a-smal_520580.png) > [“You leap too quickly to his defense. It reveals his true attitude, of which he has doubtless made you aware.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/you-leap-too-quickly-to-his-defense-it-reveals-his-true-attitude-of/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Doubtless Aware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubtless-aware-4763569/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/roger-zelazny-1604_doubtless-aware_you-leap-too-quickly-to-his-defense-it-r_3086561.png) > [I would never rest until I held vengeance and the throne within my hand, and good night sweet prince to anybody who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-would-never-rest-until-i-held-vengeance-and-the-throne-within-my/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Good night](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-night/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/roger-zelazny-1604_good-night_i-would-never-rest-until-i-held-vengeanc_596289.png) > [Do you work for the government, any government?” "I pay taxes, which means I work for the government, part of the time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/do-you-work-for-the-government-any-government-i-pay-taxes-which-means/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ac/roger-zelazny-1604_government_do-you-work-for-the-government-any-gover_3125984.png) > [It is no shame to lose to me, mortal. Even among mythical creatures there are very few who can give a unicorn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/it-is-no-shame-to-lose-to-me-mortal-even-among-mythical-creatures/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Creatures](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creatures/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ab/roger-zelazny-1604_creatures_it-is-no-shame-to-lose-to-me-mortal-even_3212506.png) > [I guess you have to be a little arrogant to be a writer. I decided early on that just because a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-guess-you-have-to-be-a-little-arrogant-to-be-a-writer-i-decided/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Arrogant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/roger-zelazny-1604_arrogant_i-guess-you-have-to-be-a-little-arrogant_998604.png) > [“People never pay attention to weather reports; this, I believe, is a constant factor in man's psychological makeup, stemming probably from an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/people-never-pay-attention-to-weather-reports-this-i-believe-is-a/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Distrust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distrust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/roger-zelazny-1604_distrust_people-never-pay-attention-to-weather-re_1557647.png) > [One of my standard - and fairly true - responses to the question as to how story ideas come to me is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/one-of-my-standard-and-fairly-true-responses-to-the-question-as-to/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/roger-zelazny-1604_character_one-of-my-standard-and-fairly-true-respo_513187.png) > [I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-like-libraries-it-makes-me-feel-comfortable-and-secure-to-have/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/roger-zelazny-1604_beautiful_i-like-libraries-it-makes-me-feel-comfor_920359.png) > [“How can you treat death so lightly?" she asks. "Because it happens," he replies. "It is inevitable. I do not mourn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/how-can-you-treat-death-so-lightly-she-asks-because-it-happens-he/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80b/roger-zelazny-1604_death_how-can-you-treat-death-so-lightly-she-a_1899004.png) > [“I’m all right now,” I said, “but leave me alone. I’m going down to the river to bathe.” I took seven steps,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-m-all-right-now-i-said-but-leave-me-alone-i-m-going-down-to-the/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Right now](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right-now/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/roger-zelazny-1604_right-now_i-m-all-right-now-i-said-but-leave-me-al_2377212.png) > [Tonight I will suck the marrow from your bones!” it said. “I will dry them and work them most cunningly into instruments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/tonight-i-will-suck-the-marrow-from-your-bones-it-said-i-will-dry/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Agony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agony/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d38/roger-zelazny-1604_agony_tonight-i-will-suck-the-marrow-from-your_879771.jpg) > [“I watched until the sizzlecloud drew its legs up into itself, hung like a burning cocoon, then died like an ember retreating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-watched-until-the-sizzlecloud-drew-its-legs-up-into-itself-hung/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Watched Sizzlecloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/watched-sizzlecloud-1936860/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/roger-zelazny-1604_watched-sizzlecloud_i-watched-until-the-sizzlecloud-drew-its_181064.png) > [I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-saw-my-earlier-selves-as-different-people-acquaintances-i-had/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Acquaintance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquaintance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/roger-zelazny-1604_acquaintance_i-saw-my-earlier-selves-as-different-peo_2134344.png) > [I watched the spinning stars, grateful, sad and proud, as only a man who has outlived his destiny and realizes he might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-watched-the-spinning-stars-grateful-sad-and-proud-as-only-a-man-who/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Destiny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destiny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/roger-zelazny-1604_destiny_i-watched-the-spinning-stars-grateful-sa_239344.jpg) > [“Which one is the right way?" "Huh? You're asking me that ? How should I know?" "Mortals call you Buddha." "That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/which-one-is-the-right-way-huh-you-re-asking-me-that-how-should-i/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [1967](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1967-434/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/roger-zelazny-1604_1967_which-one-is-the-right-way-huh-you-re-as_1027657.png) > [“First, a man may in some ways be superior to his fellows and still serve them, if together they serve a common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/first-a-man-may-in-some-ways-be-superior-to-his-fellows-and-still/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [1967](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1967-434/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fd/roger-zelazny-1604_1967_first-a-man-may-in-some-ways-be-superior_2193057.jpg) ## Roger Zelazny by topic [Time (25)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/roger-zelazny/) [Writing (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/roger-zelazny/) [Death (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/roger-zelazny/) [Life (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/roger-zelazny/) [Books (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/roger-zelazny/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/#itemlist", "name": "Roger Zelazny Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I read poetry every day. 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