Quotes by Rod Serling

“If in any quest for magic, in any search for sorcery, witchery, legerdemain, first check the human spirit.”

“Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible.”

“In eleven or twelve years of writing, Mike, I can lay claim to at least this: I have never written beneath myself. I have never written anything that I didn't want my name attached to. I have probe...”

“Science fiction makes the implausible possible, while science fantasy makes the impossible plausible.”

“he's not a piece of meat you can job off the market by the pound. because, if you do,maish, if you do, you'll rot in hell.”

“As long as they talk about you, you're not really dead, as long as they speak your name, you continue. A legend doesn't die, just because the man dies.”

“The ultimate obscenity is not caring, not doing something about what you feel, not feeling! Just drawing back and drawing in, becoming narcissistic.”

“I only wanted to tell you that this was the wonderful time for you. Dont let any of it go by without enjoying it. There wont be any more merry-go-rounds. No more cotton candy. No more band concerts...”

“Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.”

“It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.”

“Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest.”

“I don't think playing it safe constitutes a retreat, necessarily. In other words, I don't think if, by playing safe he means we are not going to delve into controversy, then if that's what he means...”

“Farewell, Timothy Rileys Bar," Lane said softly. "Home of the nickel beer. Snooker emporium. Repository of Bluebird records, three for a dime. We honor you and your passing. Farewell. Farewell, Tim...”

“For the record, suspicion can kill, and prejudice can destroy. And a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own, for the children and the children yet unborn. And the ...”

“There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and ...”

“Imagination... its limits are only those of the mind itself.”

“I only wanted to tell you that this was the wonderful time for you. Don’t let any of it go by without enjoying it. There won’t be any more merry-go-rounds. No more cotton candy. No more band concer...”

“Farewell, Timothy Riley’s Bar," Lane said softly. "Home of the nickel beer. Snooker emporium. Repository of Bluebird records, three for a dime. We honor you and your passing. Farewell. Farewell, Ti...”

“There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and s...”

“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For t...”