Roger Zelazny
Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelaznywas an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber. He won the Nebula award three timesand the Hugo award six times, including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ...And Call Me Conradand then the novel Lord of Light...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth13 May 1937
CountryUnited States of America
gang home ladies mean obstacle rest
I sometimes think of us as a gang of mean little old ladies in a combination rest home and obstacle course.
art mean civilization
There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.
writing character mean
I see myself as a novelist, period. I mean, the material I work with is what is classified as science fiction and fantasy, and I really don't think about these things when I'm writing. I'm just thinking about telling a story and developing my characters.
mean important arrogant
I guess you have to be a little arrogant to be a writer. I decided early on that just because a lot of other writers were bothered by getting bad reviews didn't really mean that the things were particularly important. By the same token, the good ones didn't mean all that much either. So I just forget about reviews and I wrote what I wanted.
mean government pay
Do you work for the government, any government?” "I pay taxes, which means I work for the government, part of the time. Yes.
buddhist men reality
No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.
elephants making-love age
While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.
purple lizards
Go and copulate with yon purple lizard.
white yesterday black
Between the black of yesterday and the white of tomorrow is the great gray of today.
confused criticism reform
The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform.
dream sleep men
Of all the things a man may do, sleep probably contributes most to keeping him sane. It puts brackets about each day. If you do something foolish or painful today, you get irritated if somebody mentions it, today. If it happened yesterday, though, you can nod or chuckle, as the case may be. You've crossed through nothingness or dream to another island in Time.
bye good-bye hello
Good-bye and hello, as always.
love-is hatred negative
Love is a negative form of hatred.
heart names giving
Strygalldwir is my name. Conjure with it and I will eat your heart and liver." "Conjure with it? I can't even pronounce it, and my cirrhosis would give you indigestion.