I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows.
Roger ZelaznyThere's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.
Roger ZelaznyIf the liberal arts do nothing else they provide engaging metaphors for the thinking they displace.
Roger ZelaznyOccasionally, there arises a writing situation where you see an alternative to what you are doing, a mad, wild gamble of a way for handling something, which may leave you looking stupid, ridiculous or brilliant -you just don't know which. You can play it safe there, too, and proceed along the route you'd mapped out for yourself. Or you can trust your personal demon who delivered that crazy idea in the first place. Trust your demon.
Roger Zelazny