“If by ‘honest answer’ you mean for me to say what you want me to say, whether or not it is true, then I would say that you are correct.”
Source: Jack of Shadows (1971), Chapter 1 (p. 11)

“Some are born to obscurity and others only achieve it through diligent effort.”

Roger Zelazny

A Museum Piece (p. 217)
Short fiction, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)

“I didn’t say anything because I didn’t have anything to say.”

Roger Zelazny

The Moment of the Storm (p. 181)
Short fiction, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)

“The days that followed were a game I enjoyed playing. Fake indecision is delicious when people want you to do something.”

Roger Zelazny

This Mortal Mountain (p. 135)
Short fiction, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)

“They’re here and we’re here, and they think we’re gods—maybe because we do nothing for them but make them miserable.”

Roger Zelazny

The Keys to December (p. 68)
Short fiction, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)

“The garden of life never seems to confine itself to the plot philosophers have laid out for its convenience maybe a few more tractors would do the trick.”

Roger Zelazny

Source: Short fiction, Home is the Hangman (1975), p. 149

“You cannot trick me into applying my principles to a hypothetical situation which will only work out the way that you want it to. Not when I am certain that it will not arise.”

Roger Zelazny

Source: Short fiction, Home is the Hangman (1975), p. 138