Emmies, for example, most of that's bullshit. Oscars are even worse. We have a strange, terrible affliction in this town. Everybody walks around bent-backed from slapping each other on the backs so much. It looks like arthritis but it isn't. It's hunger for recognition. And it's sort of like, well, I'll scratch you this time if you'll scratch me next time. That kind of thing.
Rod SerlingEvery writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.
Rod SerlingI suppose we think euphemistically that all writers write because they have something to say that is truthful and honest and pointed and important. And I suppose I subscribe to that, too. But God knows when I look back over thirty years of professional writing, I'm hard-pressed to come up with anything that's important. Some things are literate, some things are interesting, some things are classy, but very damn little is important.
Rod SerlingWhenever you write, whatever you write, never make the mistake of assuming the audience is any less intelligent than you are.
Rod SerlingI'm afraid that if I started to ponder who I am and what I am, I might not like what I find.
Rod Serling