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> [“Maybe I went a bit too far, but that’s what people want now. There’s an expectation that children be treated poorly in their literature. Everyone wants to see children treated badly. So that … well, so that when they triumph…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/maybe-i-went-a-bit-too-far-but-that-s-what-people-want-now-there-s-an/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

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## More by Tony Burgess

> [“It's strange to sleep. Sleep is a mysterious thing even in the simplest of people. When you're sleepy, you seem to be getting sick,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/it-s-strange-to-sleep-sleep-is-a-mysterious-thing-even-in-the/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [“Maybe I went a bit too far, but that’s what people want now. There’s an expectation that children be treated poorly in their literature.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/maybe-i-went-a-bit-too-far-but-that-s-what-people-want-now-there-s-an/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [“And now, no matter what I thought I had done or why I did it, it has become completely untrue because of what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/and-now-no-matter-what-i-thought-i-had-done-or-why-i-did-it-it-has/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [I think horror should have occult elements, not as its subject but as its ambition. It is a machine that destroys illusion. I, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/i-think-horror-should-have-occult-elements-not-as-its-subject-but-as/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [A horror novel should reveal to you that you are falling apart. That there are ways your imagination can be made different. Can threaten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/a-horror-novel-should-reveal-to-you-that-you-are-falling-apart-that/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [The books are recordings; that's what they have to be, recordings of the writing. They have to be happening to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/the-books-are-recordings-that-s-what-they-have-to-be-recordings-of/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [My fear, as a writer, is that I am a curiosity. That I can only bring you this peculiar condition from far away, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/my-fear-as-a-writer-is-that-i-am-a-curiosity-that-i-can-only-bring/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [“They stay like this, in silence, both aware that they have created something together. Defiance. A pushing back of a darkness that no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/they-stay-like-this-in-silence-both-aware-that-they-have-created/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [As a kid, I couldn't articulate it but I sought out things that could. At first it was horror films - extreme panic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/as-a-kid-i-couldn-t-articulate-it-but-i-sought-out-things-that-could/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [I believe the book should be something you protect yourself from by returning to your life. But it has threatened your life. Not by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/i-believe-the-book-should-be-something-you-protect-yourself-from-by/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [“It’s my job really, to help you, my reader, in accepting things as real that aren’t. Most books try to get you to accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/it-s-my-job-really-to-help-you-my-reader-in-accepting-things-as-real/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [I am interested in giving the reader true vertigo. I look to deteriorating consciousness as our inevitable condition and I am trying to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/i-am-interested-in-giving-the-reader-true-vertigo-i-look-to/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [I am a feral person. I have no bank account. I am unemployable. I own nothing. I lose my shoes sometimes when I go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/i-am-a-feral-person-i-have-no-bank-account-i-am-unemployable-i-own/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [“There is a heavy price to pay for writing a bad book.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/there-is-a-heavy-price-to-pay-for-writing-a-bad-book/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

> [“If I told you that everything about you had been just made up by someone, that all of your thoughts, all of your memories,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burgess/if-i-told-you-that-everything-about-you-had-been-just-made-up-by/)

[Tony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burgess/)

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