--- title: "11 Horror-writer Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Horror-writer quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Horror-writer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/nick-cutter-26659_afterlife_would-death-be-like-that-endless-liquid_358863.jpg" --- > [“Would death be like that: Endless liquid silence?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cutter/would-death-be-like-that-endless-liquid-silence/) [Nick Cutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cutter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/nick-cutter-26659_afterlife_would-death-be-like-that-endless-liquid_358863.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) > [“My image is who I am, but not what I write.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-m-w/my-image-is-who-i-am-but-not-what-i-write/) [Brian M. W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-m-w/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/brian-m-w-224579_horror-writer_my-image-is-who-i-am-but-not-what-i-writ_1010440.jpg) > [“He clasped his hands to his ears as if he would tear his very brain out!" A sample line from Shadow my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-dixon/he-clasped-his-hands-to-his-ears-as-if-he-would-tear-his-very-brain/) [C.S. Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-dixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/c-s-dixon-81112_horror-writer_he-clasped-his-hands-to-his-ears-as-if-h_521645.jpg) > [“A horror writer is one who is not only willing to look into the darkest of shadows...but to reach into them too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-scopel/a-horror-writer-is-one-who-is-not-only-willing-to-look-into-the/) [Thomas Scopel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-scopel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eef/thomas-scopel-283094_horror_a-horror-writer-is-one-who-is-not-only-w_652334.jpg) > [“And I've learned to hit the brakes at these kinds of stop signs rather than t-boning a tanker truck filled with 200…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-kane-ethridge/and-i-ve-learned-to-hit-the-brakes-at-these-kinds-of-stop-signs/) [Benjamin Kane Ethridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-kane-ethridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d51/benjamin-kane-ethridge-53434_brakes_and-i-ve-learned-to-hit-the-brakes-at-th_2539339.jpg) > [“When Stephen King elaborated on his inspirations for his novel "Carrie" he draws from a time when he was a young man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/when-stephen-king-elaborated-on-his-inspirations-for-his-novel-carrie/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/stephen-king-13_books_when-stephen-king-elaborated-on-his-insp_560601.jpg) > [“When looking for a job, ignore (don't even bother with them) those companies who expect you to literally do everything for them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-mentillo/when-looking-for-a-job-ignore-don-t-even-bother-with-them-those/) [Chris Mentillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-mentillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/chris-mentillo-40649_best-quotes-favorite_when-looking-for-a-job-ignore-don-t-even_316378.jpg) > [“Remember that if I were born of the underworld, you were born of flowers. You are the blood the forest feeds upon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/autumn-christian/remember-that-if-i-were-born-of-the-underworld-you-were-born-of/) [Autumn Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/autumn-christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/autumn-christian-65502_another-world_remember-that-if-i-were-born-of-the-unde_1729528.jpg) > [“I stared down at my hands and saw the blood coat them, how warm and real something felt when it wasn’t just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-munro/i-stared-down-at-my-hands-and-saw-the-blood-coat-them-how-warm-and/) [Charlotte Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-munro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/charlotte-munro-35395_blood_i-stared-down-at-my-hands-and-saw-the-bl_2905459.jpg) > [“Working with some real dirt seemed fitting for a woman whose hands felt like they would remain forever filthy. She decided to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-goldman-from-sinkhole/working-with-some-real-dirt-seemed-fitting-for-a-woman-whose-hands/) [Ken Goldman --From SINKHOLE](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-goldman-from-sinkhole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/ken-goldman-from-sinkhole-1218_garden_working-with-some-real-dirt-seemed-fitti_252646.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/horror-writer/#itemlist", "name": "Horror-writer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Would death be like that: Endless liquid silence?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nick Cutter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cutter/would-death-be-like-that-endless-liquid-silence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/nick-cutter-26659_afterlife_would-death-be-like-that-endless-liquid_358863.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/nick-cutter-26659_afterlife_would-death-be-like-that-endless-liquid_358863.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/nick-cutter-26659_afterlife_would-death-be-like-that-endless-liquid_358863.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Would death be like that: Endless liquid silence?” — Nick Cutter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“No one will ever write a horror novel as scary as reading about my symptoms on WebMD.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John R. 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