Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert
Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr.was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant and lecturer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth8 October 1920
CityTacoma, WA
CountryUnited States of America
quality definitions creation
Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definitions.
important problem
The greatest and most important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown.
reeds young peril
The young reed dies so easily. Beginnings are times of great peril.
men decision he-man
The whole universe sat there, open to the man who could make the right decisions.
mind trying matter
The mind goes on working no matter how we try to hold it back.
summer heart dark
The summer Night comes brooding down on Earth, As Love comes brooding down on human hearts, With bliss that hath no utterance save rich tears. She floats in fragrance down the smiling dark, Foldeth a kiss upon the lips of Life-- Curtaineth into rest the weary world-- And shuts us in with all our hid delights.
perception dice spots
The dice cannot read their own spots.
machines language speak
I don't speak ... I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.
justice long arms
Justice? Who asks for justice? We make our own justice ... Let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them.
law justice mistress
Justice required resort to law and that could be a fickle mistress, subject always to the whims and prejudices of those who administered the laws.
trying use radical
Radicals are only to be feared when you try to suppress them. You must demonstrate that you will use the best of what they offer.
creativity men creating
A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.
ambition reality
Ambitions tend to remain undisturbed by realities.
criticism looks use
Unfortunately most criticism is by poseurs. They use their comments about someone else's work as a platform on which to strike poses. What they're really saying is: "Look at me! Look at me!"