If 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 EllisonThere in the midst of the Amazon Jungle, Simon Haskell has cobbled up for himself a replica of an Art Deco salon.
Harlan EllisonPosing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste?
Harlan EllisonLike a wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we were, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment.
Harlan EllisonI have but nothing to say to young girls. They're fine to look at, in the way I would look at a case filled with Shang dynasty glazes, but expecting to carry on a conversation with the average teen-aged young lady is akin to reading Voltaire to a cage filled with chimpanzees. I'm certain they would feel the same alienation for me. I can live with that knowledge.
Harlan Ellison