Why let them order you about? Why let them tell you to hurry and scurry like ants or maggots? Take your time! Saunter a while! Enjoy the sunshine, enjoy the breeze, let life carry you at your own pace! Don't be slaves of time, it's a helluva way to die, slowly, by degrees...down with the Ticktockman!
Harlan EllisonIf you let the image of the messenger get in the way of whatever message there may be, however large or small, that's your problem, not his.
Harlan EllisonI usually say I write for the smartest, cleverest, wittiest audience I know, and that's me.
Harlan EllisonI was the green monkey, the pariah. And I had no friends. Not just a few friends, or one good friend, or grudging acceptance by other misfits and outcasts. I was alone. All stinking alone, without even an imaginary playmate.
Harlan EllisonIn my ugly, elitist opinion we are not all entitled to voice our opinions, we are entitled to pass along our informed opinions.
Harlan EllisonWhy let them order you about? Why let them tell you to hurry and scurry like ants or maggots? Take your time! Saunter a while! Enjoy the sunshine, enjoy the breeze, let life carry you at your own pace! Don't be slaves of time, it's a helluva way to die, slowly, by degrees...down with the Ticktockman!
Harlan Ellison