Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Fredric Brown

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Fredric Brown.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Fredric Brown was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer. He is known for his use of humor and for his mastery of the "short short" form—stories of 1 to 3 pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. Humor and a postmodern outlook carried over into his novels as well. One of his stories, "Arena", was adapted to a 1967 episode of the American television series Star Trek.

American - Writer | October 29, 1906 - March 11, 1972

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When you look out of a window, when you look at anything, you know what you're seeing? Yourself. A thing can only look beautiful or romantic or inspiring only if the beauty or romance or inspiration is inside you.

Fredric Brown

There are no rules. You can write a story, if you wish, with no conflict, no suspense, no beginning, middle or end. Of course, you have to be regarded as a genius to get away with it, and that's the hardest part - convincing everybody you're a genius.

Fredric Brown

No one can tell time except approximately, time never stands still to be named.

Fredric Brown

Don't ever sell mankind short by saying there's anything he can't do, ever, or anything that he isn't going to do.

Fredric Brown

There is a sweet little horror story that is only two sentences long: The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door... Two sentences and an ellipsis of three dots.

Fredric Brown

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Fredric Brown

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