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Harlan Ellison Quotes: A writer who writes more than he reads is an amateur.
         

A writer who writes more than he reads is an amateur.


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You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.



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



Thank your readers and the critics who praise you, and then ignore them. Write for the most intelligent, wittiest, wisest audience in the universe: Write to please yourself.

Thank your readers and the critics who praise you, and then ignore them. Write for the most intelligent, wittiest, wisest audience in the universe: Write to please yourself.



I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.

I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.



K is for "Kenghis Khan"; He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.

K is for "Kenghis Khan"; He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.



In these days of widespread illiteracy, functional illiteracy... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony.

In these days of widespread illiteracy, functional illiteracy... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony.



The world is turning into a cesspool of imbeciles.

The world is turning into a cesspool of imbeciles.



You must never be afraid to go there.

You must never be afraid to go there.



They minute people fall in love they become liars.

They minute people fall in love they become liars.



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





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University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.



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But my attitude about it is I have miles to go before I sleep.



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