Robert Shea Quotes


The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets.


Citations

Shea, Robert. The Organization. Robert Shea's Official Website, bobshea.net.

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Robert Shea
Robert Shea
  • Born: February 14, 1933
  • Died: March 10, 1994
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author

Robert Joseph Shea was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus!. It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. In 1986 it won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. Shea went on to write several action novels based in exotic historical settings.