Stanley Ellin > Quotes

“No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice and must be prepared to take the rough spots along the road with a certain equanimity, though allowed some grinding of the teeth.”
― Stanley Ellin

“It is always hard for a man to know that he is the agent of divine providence and yet remain anonymous”
― Stanley Ellin, The Eighth Circle by Stanley Ellin, Mystery Novel, Paperback, 1975

“So in the eighth circle are the liars, flatterers, and sellers of office, the fortune tellers, hypocrites, and thieves, the pimps and grafters, and all such scum.”
― Stanley Ellin, The Eighth Circle

“There are some sleeping dogs that should be left to lie; there are some questions that should not be asked.”
― Stanley Ellin, Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural

“A man has a human brain and a God-given soul to control his animal nature. When the animal in him takes control he’s not a human being any more. Then he has to be exterminated the way any animal must be if it goes wild in the middle of helpless people.”
― Stanley Ellin, The Speciality of the House