“There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man ... a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination.”
― Rod Serling

There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.
Rod Serling

Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.
Rod Serling

It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.
Rod Serling

There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.
Rod Serling

Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.
Rod Serling

Imagination... its limits are only those of the mind itself.
Rod Serling

It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.
Rod Serling

“Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.”
― Rod Serling

“...the worst aspect of our time is prejudice... In almost everything I've written, there is a thread of this - man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.”
― Rod Serling

“You see. No shock. No engulfment. No tearing assunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like a whisper. What you thought was the end is the beginning.”
― Rod Serling

“Science fiction makes the implausible possible, while science fantasy makes the impossible plausible.”
― Rod Serling

“It has forever been thus: So long as men write what they think, then all of the other freedoms - all of them - may remain intact. And it is then that writing becomes a weapon of truth, an article of faith, an act of courage.”
― Rod Serling

“I was deeply interested in conveying what is a deeply felt conviction of my own. This is simply to suggest that human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake.”
― Rod Serling

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