I think Willa Cather did a short story called "Paul's Case," and in it, when he finally commits suicide, it says, "He surrendered to the black design of things." And that's what I anticipate death will be: a totally unconscious void in which you float through eternity with no particular consciousness of anything. I think once around is enough. I don't want to start it all over again.
Rod SerlingThere are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.
Rod SerlingThe writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time.
Rod SerlingIn almost everything I've written there is a thread of this: man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.
Rod SerlingScience fiction makes the implausible possible, while science fantasy makes the impossible plausible.
Rod Serling