Harlan Ellison Quotes

I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.

Harlan Ellison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 27, 1934 - June 28, 2018

Topics

MindMeStupidThinkingYouTalk

If I were an innocent individual, flown to a foreign country and held for several years and tortured, I'd become a terrorist, too. I'd go to war against the U.S.

Jesse Ventura

WarCountryInnocentGoBecome

There's not day that goes by that I don't remember why I'm in the situation I'm in.

Jessica Lynch

DayRememberSituationWhyGoes

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

John Buchan

EducationLiveGreatTimeBestKind

In other words, the better they did on the IQ test, the worse they did on the practical test and the better they did on the practical tests, the worse they did on the IQ test.

Robert Sternberg

WordsBetterTestTestsPractical

The love of what you do, combined with your belief in what you do, will not determine your success. It will determine how hard you will work and how dedicated you will be to achieving it. Success just shows up from there.

Jeffrey Gitomer

WorkLoveSuccessYouAchievingUp

Working with Jim Carrey is an absolute gas. I have never laughed so hard for so long. Had he been on-board for the sequel of Dumb & Dumber, I would've jumped on, with no hesitation.

Jeff Daniels

LongDumbNeverHardHesitationGas

Keeping your head down and just writing is only part of the equation, so I surround myself with smart people to help sell my books.

Michael Connelly

MyselfSmartPeopleWritingHelp

While in the middle of writing a book, I have a hard time reading other books for pleasure.

Stephen J. Dubner

TimeWritingBookReadingHard

For a long, long time, nearly 40 years, I never had any bees. I can't think why.

Sue Hubbell

TimeThinkLongLong TimeWhyNever

I think I get a lot of ideas from when I was a kid, listening to Casey Kasem's 'American Top 40.'

Sufjan Stevens

IdeasListeningThinkAmericanTop

World records at 19. I don't want that. Later, yes. And when it comes, I'll learn to live with it, but it won't be my first love.

Steve Prefontaine

LoveLiveWorldLearnWantFirst

I probably felt most out of place as a young kid growing up in Sri Lanka. My mental world was somewhere else, partly because of reading and daydreaming.

Romesh Gunesekera

Growing UpWorldReadingPlaceYoung

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