Why Harlan Ellison Is Selling His Old Typewriter for $40,000

“I’m 76 and I’m very ill and like a sage old dog I can smell when certain signs are there. … As a consequence we have to get some money and as time goes by you get more and more famous and less and less wealthy. I literally have to start eating my past and turning into the actually dollar all of the artifacts that have made me who I am.”