The best Quotes by Rod Serling

So long as men write what they think, then all of the other freedoms - all of them - may remain intact. And it is then that writing becomes a weapon of truth.

Imagination… its limits are only those of the mind itself.

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

I happen to think that the singular evil of our time is prejudice. It is from this evil that all other evils grow and multiply.

If you want to prove that God is not dead, first prove that man is alive.

If survival calls for the bearing of arms, bear them you must. But the most important part of the challenge is for you to find another means that does not come with the killing of your fellow man.

Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.

There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.

They say a dream takes only a second or so, and yet in that second a man can live a lifetime.

You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You’ve just crossed over into… the Twilight Zone.

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

We know that a dream can be real, but who ever thought that reality could be a dream?

In short, there's nothing mightier than the meek.

Every man is put on earth condemned to die. Time and method of execution unknown.

According to the Bible, God created the heavens and the Earth. It is man’s prerogative - and woman’s - to create their own particular and private hell.

Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed, it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.

A living poem had always been the words that came to mind when he tried to describe her to others.

Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doing it.

Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent life. No matter how many words there are, there will never be enough.

Word to the wise writer: never underestimate your secondary characters! But watch them... they sneak off with stuff.

This is how liberty dies - with thunderous applause!

People learn to love their chains.

Disappearances are bread-and-butter to journalists.

A good journalist never reveals her sources.

Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.

Sometimes all a girl really needed was a very bad idea.

Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea.

Act on inspiration when it strikes.

Success is one part inspiration, nine parts desperation.

It is harder to crack a prejudice than an atom.

I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap.

I do not know how the Third World War will be fought, but I can tell you what they will use in the Fourth - rocks!

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.