Harlan Ellison Short Quotes

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For a brief time, I was here; and, for a brief time, I mattered.

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The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer.

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He had writer's block once. It was the worst ten minutes of his life.

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Apart from hydrogen, the most common thing in the universe is stupidity.

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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

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You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the fucking game.

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Now begin in the middle, and later learn the beginning; the end will take care of itself.

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A man may truly live in his dreams, his noblest dreams, but only, only if he is worthy of those dreams.

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Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste?

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The ability to dream is all I have to give. That is my responsibility; that is my burden. And even I grow tired.

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People don't die from the old diseases any more. They die from new ones, but that's Progress, isn't it? Isn't it?

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Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver.

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I think love and sex are separate and only vaguely similar. Like the word bear and the word bare. You can get in trouble mistaking one for the other.

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Where did he get jelly beans?
That's another good question. More than likely it will never be answered to your complete satisfaction. But then, how many questions ever are?

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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.

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