Clive Barker Quotes

10 quotes from 10 authors

Clive Barker’s storytelling blurs the line between beauty and terror, and his own commentary often mirrors that tension. Here are 10 quotations that capture his gothic vision, the thrill of creation and the unsettling allure that has made his work a touchstone for fans of dark fantasy.

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“We'll tear your soul apart!!"-Pinhead, Clive Barker's Hellraiser”

Andrew Cliett

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“Hicks was examining the paperbacks Maura had culled from the shelves: Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Joe Hill.”

Stephen King

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believe me. Sometimes when life looks to be at its grimmest, there's a light hidden at the heart of things. Clive Barker,…

Cornelia Funke

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The more that you reveal and the more you comprehend, the less scary it gets. That's sort of the H.P. Lovecraft, Clive…

Matt Duffer

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Clive Barker is just genius, and he's incredibly gifted in so many different ways. He can write and direct and paint and…

Scott Bakula

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To call Clive Barker a 'horror novelist' would be like calling the Beatles a 'garage band'... He is the great imaginer of…

Quentin Tarantino

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The minute I sit down and think 'Okay, this must be KID SAFE!' my Muse develops Tourrette's and goes to lunch with…

Ursula Vernon

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In junior high I read a lot of Stephen King, whose Americana approach to writing was often about "the terror next door"…

Bryan Fuller

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“A very few blurbs make a difference. Clive Barker’s career was given a huge leg up by Stephen King’s “I have seen…

Anonymous

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I want to be remembered as an imaginer, someone who used his imagination as a way to journey beyond the limits of…

Clive Barker

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