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> [A horror novel should reveal to you that you are falling apart. That there are ways your imagination can be made different. Can threaten what you think is. You should be holding onto that tree or rock screaming. Or laughing.…](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/)

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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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