Harlan Ellison Quotes

Anger tears me up inside... My own... or anyone else's.

It doesn't take much to make me angry.

A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.

I have a long list of things that make me mad.

The world can make you very angry.

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.

I'm in a rage all of the time.

I'm not very happy. I'm frustrated with human beings. I'm the guy who just wants to smack people in the face and say, 'Wake up!'

The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.

When anger comes, there is no way of satisfying its demands

I wake up angry every morning and start reading [the newspapers]. Then I'm furious.

I'm always angry. I wake up angry. There is a lot to be angry about. Anger is a positive energy.

Anger's not a good emotion.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

I am growing meaner by the hour.

I'm not exactly an angry young person.

Winter makes me want to rage.

I am furious about everything.

Feeling angry is a universal human phenomenon. It is as basic as feeling hungry, lonely, loving, or tired. The capacity to feel angry and to respond in some way to that feeling is in us from birth.

I'm an angry guy.

There's a fine line between angry and grumpy. Angry isn't nice, but grumpy is funny.

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.

Abused patience turns to fury.

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small cause, it is peevishness; and so is always either terrible or ridiculous.

Angry people are not beautiful.