Harlan Ellison
Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellisonis an American writer. His principal genre is speculative fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 May 1934
CityCleveland, OH
CountryUnited States of America
Harlan Ellison quotes about
civilization history moral nice record
K is for Kenghis Khan. He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.
intelligent stupidity-and-ignorance ignorant
You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.
information mediocrity levels
That's probably one of my biggest gripes with the Internet - that it settles for mediocrity and disinformation, which puts all information on the same level. Everything has the same value, whether it's Albert Einstein speaking, or yoohoo27@msn.com.
falling-in-love liars people
They minute people fall in love they become liars.
self-esteem typewriters deep-breathing
When you're all alone out there, on the end of the typewriter, with each new story a new appraisal by the world of whether you can still get it up or not, arrogance and self-esteem and deep breathing are all you have. It often looks like egomania. I assure you it's the bold coverup of the absolutely terrified.
looks argument microphones
Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver.
enemy firsts mouths
I will live to piss in the open mouths or the open graves of my enemies, whichever comes first.
humorous profound insane
I see all. I hear all. I know all. And I spend a great deal of time in the bathroom.
voice ugly opinion
In my ugly, elitist opinion we are not all entitled to voice our opinions, we are entitled to pass along our informed opinions.
peace war race
For the first time we have a weapon that nobody has used for thirty years. This gives me great hope for the human race.
doe use fluoride
Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste?
office watches three
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 Ticktockman behind his mask. "Check your watch." And then he went into his office, going mrmee, mrmee, mrmee, mrmee.
fighting past years
Time is like a river flowing endlessly through the universe. And if you poled your flatboat in that river you might fight your way against the current and travel upstream into the past. Or go with the flow and rush into the future. This was in a less cynical time before toxic waste dumping and pollution filled the waterway of Chronus with the detritus of empty hours wasted minutes years of repetition and time that has been killed.
horse pain real
The real story of our times is seldom told in the horse-puckey-filled memoirs of dopey, self-serving presidents or generals, but in the outrageous, demented lives of guys like Lenny Bruce, Giordano Bruno, Scott Fitzgerald - and Paul Krassner. The burrs under society's saddle. The pains in the ass.