Richard Matheson
Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Mathesonwas an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 horror novel that has been adapted for the screen four times, as well as the movie Somewhere In Time for which Matheson wrote the screenplay, based on his novel Bid Time Return. Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of The Twilight Zone for Rod Serling, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth20 February 1926
CountryUnited States of America
Because there was only one thing worse than dying. And that was knowing you were going to die. And where. And how. (“Death Ship”)
Normalcy was a majority concept, the standard of many and not the standard of just one man.
But it was hard to keep his hands still. He could almost feel them twitching emphatically with his strong desire to reach out and stroke the dog's head. He had such a terrible yearning to love something again, and the dog was such a beautiful ugly dog.
All of us have a path to follow and the path begins on earth.
After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge.
In a world of monotonous horror there could be no salvation in wild dreaming.
I'm sitting in my office trying to squeeze a story from my head. It is that kind of morning when you feel like melting the typewriter into a bar of steel and clubbing yourself to death with it. (“Advance Notice”)
If men only felt about death as they do about sleep, all terrors would cease. . . Men sleep contentedly, assured that they will wake the following morning. They should feel the same about their lives.
If you go too far in fantasy and break the string of logic, and become nonsensical, someone will surely remind you of your dereliction....Pound for pound, fantasy makes a tougher opponent for the creative person.
To me there is nothing that goes against nature. If it seems incomprehensible, its only because we havent been able to understand it yet.
Thank you...for gracing my life with your lovely presence, for adding the sweet measure of your soul to my existence.