Assumptions Quote by Samuel R. Delany

A poet is wounded into speech, and he examines these wounds, meticulously, to discover how to heal them. The bad poet harangues at the…

— Samuel R. Delany

'You spin in the sky, the world spins under you, and you step from land to land, while we . . .' She turned…

— Samuel R. Delany

What you are will make you what you will become.

— Samuel R. Delany

“People probably do hear watches go tic-tok. But I’m sure my childhood clock went tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic…Why”

— Samuel R. Delany

“I wanted to get out, Vyme, to keep going and not be trapped, to be free… only I was cruel. I had the chance…

— Samuel R. Delany

A number of things in 'Dhalgren' are just meant to function as mysteries. They're mysteries when the book begins, and they're mysteries when the…

— Samuel R. Delany

The pulp hero, though he may be a renegade, is a guy who doesn't feel. Anything. Ever. And for the adolescent male - pummeled…

— Samuel R. Delany

“they were nice in a useless sort of way, which is, after all, the only way to be truly nice.”

— Samuel R. Delany

From 1968 on, I was pretty much the black, gay SF writer.

— Samuel R. Delany

“Neurotics, proceed with delusions of grandeur. Napoleon Bonaparte, take the lead. Jesus Christ, bring up the rear. Simulate severe depression. Non-communicative with repressed hostility.”

— Samuel R. Delany

“Do you follow the wrestling? Most people think it's illegal, but you can watch it there. Ruby and Python are on display this evening.”

— Samuel R. Delany

Spending practically every minute of your day on pure survival is an absolutely boring life.

— Samuel R. Delany