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Robert E. Howard quotes

American Writer January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936

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I never saw a man fight as Conan fought. He put his back to the courtyard wall, and before they overpowered him the dead men were strewn in heaps thigh-deep about him. But at last they dragged him down, a hundred against one. Robert E. Howard
Gleaming shell of an outworn lie; fable of Right divine— You gained your crowns by heritage, but Blood was the price of mine. The throne that I won by blood and sweat , by Crom, I will not sell For promise of valleys filled with gold, or threat of the Halls of Hell! Robert E. Howard
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. Robert E. Howard
Never the less, it is no light thing to enter into a profession absolutely foreign and alien to the people among which one's lot is cast; a profession which seems as dim and faraway and unreal as the shores of Europe. Robert E. Howard
My characters are more like men than these real men are, see. They're rough and rude, they got hands and they got bellies. They hate and they lust; break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed. Robert E. Howard
Never the less, at the age of fifteen, having never seen a writer, a poet, a publisher or a magazine editor, and having only the vaguest ideas of procedure, I began working on the profession I had chosen. Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard quote: "How can I wear the harness of toil. And sweat at the daily..."
How can I wear the harness of toil. And sweat at the daily round, While in my soul forever. The drums of Pictdom sound? Robert E. Howard
But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer. Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard quote: "I don't believe I ever saw an Oklahoman who wouldn't fight at..."
I don't believe I ever saw an Oklahoman who wouldn't fight at the drop of a hat -- and frequently drop the hat himself. Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard quote: "I'm not going out of my way looking for devils; but I wouldn't..."
I'm not going out of my way looking for devils; but I wouldn't step out of my path to let one go by. Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard quote: "The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly..."
The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery! Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard quote: "I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is..."
I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts. Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard quote: "I became a writer in spite of my environments."
I became a writer in spite of my environments. Robert E. Howard
Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet. Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard quote: "A true fanatic, his promptings were reasons enough for his..."
A true fanatic, his promptings were reasons enough for his actions. Robert E. Howard

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