Harlan Ellison

I never know what I'm going to talk about until I get on stage. I never give the same lecture twice, which is why I'll have people follow me from place to place like Deadheads. ”

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

There's some things that no amount of money can get me to do. ”

I don't remember anyone who could stand being in my company for more than five hours without running into the street. ”

I write a kind of surreal fantasy, but they can't put 'surreal fantasy' on a paperback. ”

I'm real tall when I stand on my charisma. ”

Everywhere I go, I find that writers are treated as if they are invisible, as if they don't matter. ”

I don't think I've ever really been a science fiction writer. I'm closer to a fantasist, speculative fiction, whatever, but labels are ultimately derogatory, and I eschew them as best I can. ”

I'm a storyteller. If I have that on my precis when I go, 'Storyteller,' I'm satisfied with that. ”

I hate being wrong, but I love it when I'm set straight. ”