I got the idea for my novel ‘Lord of Light’ when I cut myself shaving just before I was to go on a panel at a convention. I had to go out there with this big gash in my face. I remember that I thought, ‘I wish I could change bodies.’ Roger Zelazny Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I enjoy travel very much. I’ve taken the kids to Europe when there were just the two boys. Roger Zelazny Read Quote
I care more, and I think readers do also, for characters in a state of transformation. Roger Zelazny Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love. Roger Zelazny Read Quote
