Space opera was the sort of story on which I grew up. When I was younger, I read heavily in pulp magazines. They were readily available in the stores. Roger Zelazny More Quotes by Roger Zelazny More Quotes From Roger Zelazny I am fascinated, I suppose, by a flawed man with a streak of greatness. Roger Zelazny streak i-am man greatness I read poetry every day. I look at it as an exercise, a kind of T'ai Chi for writers. It teaches economy of form. Roger Zelazny every-day day look poetry I always wanted to write, ever since I was a kid. I started writing at the age of 11. All I wanted to do was finish my education and have my nights free for writing. Roger Zelazny free age education writing Ultimately, you've got to have something to say, so a writer should continue learning things throughout life. But I don't think education makes one a writer. Roger Zelazny you learning education life It's hard not to be a part of your time. Roger Zelazny your part hard time I find fantasy easier to write. If I'm going to write science fiction, I spend a lot more time thinking up justifications. I can write fantasy without thinking as much. I like to balance things out: a certain amount of fantasy and a certain amount of science fiction. Roger Zelazny balance time science thinking In a sense, fantasy is a freer play of the imagination. You can achieve exactly the situation you want with less groundwork, less of a need to fill in all of the background. For science fiction, I would use a lot of sources to set up, for instance, what a being from another planet would be like. Roger Zelazny you situation imagination science I care more, and I think readers do also, for characters in a state of transformation. Roger Zelazny more think transformation care Columbia University in 1959 had a kind of reputation that interested me. Roger Zelazny me university reputation kind In the Soviet Union, you always have the feeling someone is watching you. Roger Zelazny someone feeling you always I enjoy travel very much. I've taken the kids to Europe when there were just the two boys. Roger Zelazny just enjoy two travel The places where I have the nameless character in 'My Name Is Legion' meet his boss are real places I've been to. That works well for tax purposes, writing into my stories the places I've actually visited. Roger Zelazny name boss writing character The first time I met Harlan Ellison, we were both unpublished young punks in Cleveland, Ohio. Roger Zelazny first first-time young time I read Herman Hesse's 'Siddhartha' while I was writing 'Lord of Light' along with many other things. It seemed a good time to read it so I could see what he had to say about Buddha. In my first chapter, I was thinking in terms of the big battle scene in the 'Mahabarata.' It helped me in visualizing the battle in my novel. Roger Zelazny good me light time I was writing 'He Who Shapes' when I was working for the Social Security Administration in Baltimore. Roger Zelazny he who security writing In any novel I write, I have in my mind several things which happened in the protagonist's past which I never mention in the book. Roger Zelazny never mind book past Robots are very tricky to design and expensive, whereas humans are cheaply manufactured. Humans can handle things with greater manual dexterity than most robots I've known. Roger Zelazny things robots design expensive I have often thought of doing a story with someone either as a human being or as a robot who, by a series of stages, changes into the other end of the spectrum. By the story's end, he'd be either totally robotic or totally human, the opposite of what he once was. And possibly... bring him back again. Roger Zelazny end story someone thought So long as no one knows everything about you, you have resources you can call upon for which no one is really prepared. Roger Zelazny everything you resources long When I got to college, I didn't take writing classes, just the standard freshman composition class. Roger Zelazny just college writing class
