Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughswas an American writer best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 September 1875
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
golf disorder mental-disorder
Golf is a mental disorder.
sex children real
I verily believe that a man's way with women is in inverse ratio to his prowess among men. The weakling and the saphead have often great ability to charm the fair sex, while the fighting man who can face a thousand real dangers unafraid, sits hiding in the shadows like some frightened child.
writing successful interesting
I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.
dull judgment ifs
If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.
writing odds stories
If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.
dream reality alive
Am I alive and a reality, or am I but a dream?
Death, only, renders hope futile.
brain littles ordinary
The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.
stories framing
I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it.
virtue crime mayhem
The time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in a manner of virtue
eye moon feet
As the body rolled to the ground Tarzan of the Apes placed his foot upon the neck of his lifelong enemy and, raising his eyes to the full moon, threw back his fierce young head and voiced the wild and terrible cry of his people.
party hands poverty
I loathed poverty and I would have liked to put my hands on the party who said that poverty is an honorable estate. It is an indication of inefficiency and nothing more. There is nothing honorable or fine about it.
wickedness criminals weak
It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.
heart warrior may
A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart.