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Robert E. Howard was an American author known for his fantasy and adventure novels. His works are renowned for their imaginative stories and unique characters, with the most famous being the Conan the Barbarian series. Howard's brief life produced a vast amount of short stories, which had a profound impact on the development of fantasy literature.

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Famous Robert E. Howard Quotes

“But the idea of a man making his living by writing seemed, in that hardy environment, so fantastic that even today I am sometimes myself assailed by a feeling of unreality.”

Men Writing Ideas Sometimes Feelings Today Environment Fantastic Hardy Unreality

Book:The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Volume 1: The Shadow Kingdom

Source: The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Volume 1: The Shadow Kingdom

“I had neither expert aid nor advice. I studied no courses in writing; until a year or so ago, I never read a book by anybody advising writers how to write.”

Writing Years Book Courses Advice Aids Experts

Author:Robert E. Howard

“It seems to me that many writers, by virtue of environments of culture, art and education, slip into writing because of their environments.”

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Book:The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Volume 1: The Shadow Kingdom

Source: The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Volume 1: The Shadow Kingdom

“One objection I have heard voiced to works of this kinddealing with Texasis the amount of gore spilled across the pages. It can not be otherwise. In order to write a realistic and true history of any part of the Southwest, one must narrate such things, even at the risk of monotony.”

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Author:Robert E. Howard

“Musings The little poets sing of little things: Hope, cheer, and faith, small queens and puppet kings; Lovers who kissed and then were made as one, And modest flowers waving in the sun. The mighty poets write in blood and tears And agony that, flame-like, bites and sears. They reach their mad blind hands into the night, To plumb abysses dead to human sight; To drag from gulfs where lunacy lies curled, Mad, monstrous nightmare shapes to blast the world. [click on the thumbnail by Jack "King" Kirby]”

Source: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard