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I hate it when something I’ve had published "inspires" some nut to imitate what I’ve written, or some teacher gets fired for having her students read one of my stories or novels.

— Richard Matheson Ed Gorman Calling: We Talk to Richard Matheson (2004)

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I don’t believe in the "supernatural," I believe in the "supernormal."

Our world is in profound danger. Mankind must establish a set of positive values with which to secure its own survival.

Introduction to The Path (1999)

And, before science had caught up with the legend, the legend had swallowed science and everything.

I Am Legend (1954)

What you don’t understand yet is that we’re going to stay alive. We’ve found a way to do that and we’re going to set up society again slowly but surely.

I Am Legend (1954)

Robert Neville looked out over the new people of the earth. He knew he did not belong to them; he knew that, like the vampires, he was anathema and black terror to be destroyed.

I Am Legend (1954)

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