A fountain pen stands in a brass holder beside a small wire ring stand and a green feather.

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Rod Serling

I just want them to remember me a hundred years from now. I don’t care that they’re not able to quote a single line that I’ve written. But just that they can say, ‘Oh, he was a writer.’ That’s a sufficiently honored position for me.

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Rod Serling says he only wants to be remembered a century on. He doesn't need anyone to quote his lines, just to say he was a writer. That modest hope makes a simple title feel like enough honour.

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