David Gerrold Quotes

The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard.

I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future.

Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets, the more interesting it is. The only way to approach it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show.

Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.

Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.

Adolescence is that time in your life when you discover your ability to be depressed.

You will find it easiest to ride the avalanche in the direction it already travels.

The jingling of a fat purse always commands the world.

True genius can be identified by the fact that its expression changes the world into something it has never been before.

If you're passing the buck, don't ask for change.

The human race never solves any of its problems, it only outlives them.

Study what you love, and youll never have to work a day in your life. Itll be one great adventure.

Contentment is the continuing act of accepting the process of your own life.

The fifties are a peaceful time, a quiet sleeping time between two noisy bursts of years, a blue and white time filled with sweet yellow days, music and bright smelling memories.

I think I exist, therefore I exist. I think.

Life has a peculiar habit -- once established, it stays. Sometimes it even thrives.

A work of art is an act of love. Critics are crab lice.

You cannot avoid mortality. But you can choose your way of meeting it. And that is the most that any man can hope for.

I've always felt that anyone who wants to talk about my private life is only demonstrating the paucity of his/her imagination when there are so many more important and exciting things to discuss.

Only people who haven't lived through a war advocate it so eagerly.

It's almost always dangerous to be right too soon.

Death comes black and hard, rushing down on me from the future, with no possible chance of escape.

I'm frustrated with Hollywood and television and the movies because they see science fiction as an excuse for eye candy, for lots of great special effects.

Most people say they want justice, but they don't really want justice. They want revenge. They want to see the pain spread around equally.

You can tell a lot about a civilization by the quality of the people found in its jails.

Incompetency fed on itself.

Tomorrow is going to be different than yesterday, it's going to be a lot different.

Life is full of little surprises. Time travel is full of big ones.

Doesn't anybody ever want to talk about anything else besides 'Star Trek?' There were 79 episodes of the series; there were 55 different writers. I was only one of them.

The secret of the universe is this: The universe doesn't care. That part of the job is yours.

Life is full of little surprises.Time travel is full of big ones.

Somebody should have warned the Trojans. Beware of gifts bearing Greeks.