Man survives earthquakes, epidemics, the horrors of disease, and all the agonies of the soul, but for all time his tormenting tragedy… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Pictures ... flashed on her in sudden color, too much color, shocking color, the color that leaps out of black when lightning… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war… — Henry Knox Copy Share Image
Jason Voorhees was a kid who was picked on at summer camp, and Michael Myers was someone vilified by his own family.… — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
The lunatic's visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact. Our civilization is founded on the shambles, and… — William James Copy Share Image
I think one of the things that was a huge surprise to everyone with 'Silence of the Lambs' was that that was… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
And the glory of character is in affronting the horrors of depravity to draw thence new nobilities of power: as Art lives… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The thought that my life could end at any moment frees me to fully appreciate the beauty and art and horror of… — Hannibal Copy Share Image
There are very real differences between science fiction and realistic fiction, between horror and fantasy, between romance and mystery. Differences in writing… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Concert pianists get to be quite chummy with dead composers. They can't help it. Classical music isn't just music . It's a… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
The fear of loss is an engine of horrors, but also a source of the greatest forms of heroism. There's not a… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
“Tell me, Eric,” he said, licking a droplet from the corner of his mouth. “Have you ever tasted blood?” My mouth was… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
Even as a child, I just leaned towards the scary. I remember seeing Halloween, for the first time. I snuck into the… — Kevin D. Williamson Copy Share Image
“Many of the best fantastic stories begin in a leisurely way, set in commonplace surroundings, with exact, meticulous descriptions of an ordinary… — Franz Rottensteiner Copy Share Image
With The Exorcist we said what we wanted to say. Neither one of us view it as a horror film. We view… — William Friedkin Copy Share Image
I was starting to recognize a corner I was driving myself into: that all writing could do was refer to things that… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
My life would be constrained by the horror and fierce rage that my appearance inspired, but I would know peace as well… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
In TV and film, a little goes a long way. I see the show as horror so a lot of the [violence]… — Glen Mazzara Copy Share Image
“Dirge of the dying and the stench of fear, Black souls repent as hell draws near," - Percy Pemmeney the smuggler, from… — Rod Tyson Copy Share Image
“Any writer of horror needs to at least have a good, solid love of the genre. Also, good horror writers need to… — Alistair Cross Copy Share Image
As a person who keeps away from horror flicks for fear of losing sleep over it - not just for days but… — Shamna Kasim Copy Share Image
“Fred Ruskin barreled through the rain down Buchanan Street in his battered Pacer, the jar his dead wife had directed him to… — Joe DeRouen Copy Share Image
“Behold, if you are in doubt as to my religion, (know that) I serve not those whom you werve besides Allah, but… — Compton Gage Copy Share Image
“It is dark. You cannot see. Only the hint of stars out the broken window. And a voice as old as the… — John Wick Copy Share Image
The greater the burden a man takes upon his shoulders, the stronger he must be to carry it. No words are unmentionable,… — Bjornstjerne Bjornson Copy Share Image
I read a lot of articles about young women in the resistance. All of a sudden, I felt that if I go… — Carice van Houten Copy Share Image
The amount of horror one used to hear about in one village could be quite extreme. But one might not have heard… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
“He was filled with horror at the thought of what a child becomes, and what the dead must feel watching the change… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Horror of any kind is dependent on a certain amount of insecurity and paranoia from the audience. And it feeds on that… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system.… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
“During our time together in this place Holly didn’t outright avoid me or treat me rudely. But she wasn’t—how do women like… — Steven Ramirez Copy Share Image
When I want to render these fine nuances, I do not find them in the subject, but in the nature of women… — Gustave Moreau Copy Share Image
I've been a horror fan pretty much in the sense that my sense of horror and my sense of humor were both… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
Musicals and horror films can be very non-verbal and very pure cinema with movement. The camera is justified in being a character.… — Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Copy Share Image
I'd never watch a horror film, but after I found out I was going to be in one, I watched, like, four… — Jennifer Love Hewitt Copy Share Image
When you do a slasher film, you find yourself repeating the same kind of scene, then it becomes not very challenging and… — Alexandre Aja Copy Share Image
“People believe in conspiracies because it’s a way of believing that deep down, horror has some order and meaning, even if that… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
There are classic horror films that, if you are a human being in this world, you have to have seen. They've become… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image