Carlton Mellick III Quotes

United States, Writer
July 2, 1977

Carlton Mellick III is an American author currently residing in Portland, Oregon. He is best known as one of the leading authors in the 'Bizarro' movement in underground literature.

When I say something like "back when I was in high school," I usually mean: "back when I was supposed to be in high school.

Carlton Mellick III
- School
- Mean
Maybe I’m drunk right now, even though I don’t remember drinking anything. When I’m drunk, I say things without thinking. Drinking numbs you from your ability to reason. It makes you forget your own character and become a crazy. Maybe I am a crazy now; I’m going through so much chaos these days that reality is hard to grasp.

Carlton Mellick III

The world is still new . . . it seems old to us, but only seems because our lives are so short . . . our human race has been around for such a brief amount of time that the universe hasn't had the chance to detect us yet. One blink is all it needs to miss our dance through actuality.

Carlton Mellick III
- World
- Universe
- Chance
That is the moral of this story, kids. No matter how many people try to stomp on your happiness, you have the power to do whatever you want with your life.

Carlton Mellick III
- Trying
- Kids
- Moral
Like a grindhouse version of Grimm's Fairy Tales, Wallwork's fiction is smart, innovative, and a hell of a lot of fun.

Carlton Mellick III
- Fun
- Smart
- Fiction
Closing your mind to religion is no different than the close-mindedness that religions can cause.

Carlton Mellick III
- Different
- Mind
- Causes