"I can't picture in my mind three hundred and sixty thousand dollars... When I think of it, all I can see in my mind is a big nickel."
- Harlan Ellison
"Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste?"
"Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver."
"Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a coward. He is a sellout and a fink and a heretic, because writing is a holy chore."
"Uh, excuse me, sir, I, uh, don't known how to uh, to uh, tell you this, but you were three minutes late. The schedule is a little, uh, bit off."He grinned sheepishly."That's ridiculous!" murmured the ..."
"And so it goes. And so it goes. And so it goes. And so it goes goes goes goes goes tick tock tick tock tick tock and one day we no longer let time serve us, we serve time and we are slaves of the sche..."
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you."
"To see an almost certain horrible death--you know how crowds all sit at the edge of their seats, /praying/ subconsciously for a spectacular accident--and then to be whisked away from it so suddenly--b..."
"Did you have one of those days today, like a nail in the foot? Did the pterodactyl corpse dropped by the ghost of your mother from the spectral Hindenburg forever circling the Earth come smashing thro..."
"People on the outside think there’s something magical about writing…"