--- title: "15 Horror Novel Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 15 Horror Novel quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Horror Novel sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a47/paul-g-tremblay-12829_coming-home_a-head-full-of-ghosts-was-my-first-full_1072001.jpg" --- > ['A Head Full of Ghosts' was my first full horror novel, and that felt like coming home as a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-g-tremblay/a-head-full-of-ghosts-was-my-first-full-horror-novel-and-that-felt/) [Paul G. Tremblay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-g-tremblay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a47/paul-g-tremblay-12829_coming-home_a-head-full-of-ghosts-was-my-first-full_1072001.jpg) > [“I wrote a horror novel. I put the “boo” in book.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-wrote-a-horror-novel-i-put-the-boo-in-book/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/jarod-kintz-2_book_i-wrote-a-horror-novel-i-put-the-boo-in_1178275.jpg) > [“No one will ever write a horror novel as scary as reading about my symptoms on WebMD.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lindensmith/no-one-will-ever-write-a-horror-novel-as-scary-as-reading-about-my/) [John R. Lindensmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lindensmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/john-r-lindensmith-66996_books_no-one-will-ever-write-a-horror-novel-as_2714232.jpg) > [“One day someone is going to read my autobiography and say “Wow, what a horror novel”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-moonzajer/one-day-someone-is-going-to-read-my-autobiography-and-say-wow-what-a/) [M.F. Moonzajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-moonzajer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/m-f-moonzajer-244_autobiography_one-day-someone-is-going-to-read-my-auto_1143838.jpg) > [So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-stephen/so-i-outlined-a-horror-novel-and-started-writing/) [George Stephen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-stephen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/george-stephen-26680_books_so-i-outlined-a-horror-novel-and-started_1685811.jpg) > [Stephen King's 'Mr. Mercedes' is not a conventional horror novel. No ghosts, no vampires, no prune-faced escapees of the graveyard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-king/stephen-king-s-mr-mercedes-is-not-a-conventional-horror-novel-no/) [Owen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/owen-king-16411_ghosts_stephen-king-s-mr-mercedes-is-not-a-conv_2122651.jpg) > [Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/growing-up-devouring-horror-comics-and-novels-and-being-inspired-to/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04f/colson-whitehead-1042_always_growing-up-devouring-horror-comics-and-n_442283.png) > [Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-stephen/many-of-my-short-stories-all-unpublished-were-horror-and-the-novel-i/) [George Stephen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-stephen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/george-stephen-26680_finished_many-of-my-short-stories-all-unpublished_1760952.jpg) > [A large part of the appeal of this novel when I was lucky enough to stumble across the story idea for 'A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-g-tremblay/a-large-part-of-the-appeal-of-this-novel-when-i-was-lucky-enough-to/) [Paul G. Tremblay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-g-tremblay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/paul-g-tremblay-12829_books_a-large-part-of-the-appeal-of-this-novel_2555755.jpg) > [By writing a horror novel where this inexplicable disorder takes over in our ordered lives, you make order look better by comparison.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/by-writing-a-horror-novel-where-this-inexplicable-disorder-takes-over/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/stephen-king-13_books_by-writing-a-horror-novel-where-this-ine_692378.jpg) > [A horror novel should reveal to you that you are falling apart. That there are ways your imagination can be made different.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/tony-burgess-28560_absurdity_a-horror-novel-should-reveal-to-you-that_1109787.jpg) > [I'm trying to keep it fresh for me. I'm just trying to not bore myself. And if I can do a detective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-m-trying-to-keep-it-fresh-for-me-i-m-just-trying-to-not-bore-myself/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/colson-whitehead-1042_books_i-m-trying-to-keep-it-fresh-for-me-i-m-j_1885531.jpg) > [I like horror, but I tend to like it as seasoning. I'd get very bored if I was told I had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-like-horror-but-i-tend-to-like-it-as-seasoning-i-d-get-very-bored/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/neil-gaiman-29_bored_i-like-horror-but-i-tend-to-like-it-as-s_1446806.jpg) > [ “\[M\]y mother read a horror novel every night. She had read every one in the library. When birthdays and Christmas would come,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-eggers/m-y-mother-read-a-horror-novel-every-night-she-had-read-every-one-in/) [Dave Eggers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-eggers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/dave-eggers-638_books_m-y-mother-read-a-horror-novel-every-nig_645974.jpg) > [“Have you ever turned to the end of a horror novel to see if the hero made it out of the darkness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/have-you-ever-turned-to-the-end-of-a-horror-novel-to-see-if-the-hero/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/stephen-king-13_books_have-you-ever-turned-to-the-end-of-a-hor_381735.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/horror-novel/#itemlist", "name": "Horror Novel Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'A Head Full of Ghosts' was my first full horror novel, and that felt like coming home as a writer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul G. 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Andrews oeuvre, those turgid pictures of those terrible kids, standing so still, all lit in blue.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dave Eggers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-eggers/m-y-mother-read-a-horror-novel-every-night-she-had-read-every-one-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/dave-eggers-638_books_m-y-mother-read-a-horror-novel-every-nig_645974.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/dave-eggers-638_books_m-y-mother-read-a-horror-novel-every-nig_645974.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/dave-eggers-638_books_m-y-mother-read-a-horror-novel-every-nig_645974.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[M]y mother read a horror novel every night. She had read every one in the library. 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