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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
I grew up as an artist. Science fiction allows for design and creatures and guns and all the stuff that I like… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
“Carroll was eleven years old when he saw The Haunting in The Oregon Theater. He had gone with his cousins, but when… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“All the suffering and torment wrought at places of execution, in torture chambers, madhouses, operating theatres, under the arches of bridges in… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
“I think Poe's quite good, actually. The whole casual horror thing. Like someone standing next to you and screaming their head off… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
This was exactly what the girl had most dreaded all her life and had scrupulously avoided until now: lovemaking without emotion or… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Underhill saw Sorrowmouth stooped in the doorway with his bowl and thorn, mottled skin burnished gold in the lamp glow, beady eyes… — Simon Avery Copy Share Image
“If I catch you, I might do anything. I might strip the skin from your bones as I drain you dry. Or… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
My favorites movies are always character driven, it's the human equation that makes horror interesting to me, not the monsters. It's how… — Ed Gass-Donnelly Copy Share Image
“I recalled something I’d read a long time ago about Satan. When he appeared, it wouldn’t be as a demon but as… — Steven Ramirez 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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
At the present moment, with little or no detail to hand, it is difficult for me to make any comment, beyond the… — Ethel Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I really feel like the horror genre is capable of so much. Especially as an in-theater experience, something you watch with other… — Ari Aster Copy Share Image
I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre… — Mary Harron Copy Share Image
Usually I don't find gore or slasher films scary. What works for me is the slower build where you are tightening the… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
“I urge the believers to fight; if there be of you twenty steadfast, they shall overcome two hundred; and if there be… — Compton Gage Copy Share Image
“The wolf did not ask for permission. It waited until Gabriel’s desire opened the door. Not with courage. Not with dignity. But… — Valon G Copy Share Image
Pakistan now is like a horror film franchise. You know, it's 'Friday the 13th, Episode 63: The Terrorist from Pakistan.' And each… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
