Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howardwas an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth22 January 1906
CountryUnited States of America
civilization evil natural
Civilization is a natural and inevitable consequence - whether good or evil I am not prepared to state.
civilization skins red
Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.
agony negation sensations
Every twinge of sensation, even of agony, was a negation of death.
strong-women strong circus
I reckon if I ever marry, she will have to be a strong woman in a circus or something.
blind palate deny
I have known many gods. He who denies them is blind as he who trusts them too deeply.
dream real yesterday
I have gone into yesterday and tomorrow and both were as real as today -- which is like the dreams of ghosts!
no-fear hell torture
I have no fear of the Hereafter. An orthodox hell could hardly be more torture than my life has been.
oil bully fields
Some mechanism in my sub-consciousness took the dominant characteristics of various prize-fighters, gunmen, bootleggers, oil field bullies, gamblers, and honest workmen I had come in contact with, and combining them all, produced the amalgamation I call Conan the Cimmerian.
natural barbarism states
Barbarism is the natural state of mankind,
disease way this-generation
Youngsters of this generation seem not quite so hazardous except in the way of mechanical speed, bad liquor and venereal diseases.
civilization mazes customs
Civilization is a network and a maze of precedences and custom.
wine pages printed
The printed page was like wine to me.
dream men wind
The sea-road is good for wanderers and landless men. There is quenching of thirst on the grey paths of the winds, and the flying clouds to still the sting of lost dreams.
environment spite
I became a writer in spite of my environments.