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> [When you're making your living as a writer or an artist or a musician, you kind of live in a trance. You're sort of in the day-to-day world, you're certainly there for your day-to-day relationships with people, and so on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-bissette/when-you-re-making-your-living-as-a-writer-or-an-artist-or-a-musician/)

[Stephen R. Bissette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-r-bissette/)

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## More by Stephen R. Bissette

> [If you have birds, or if you're a herpetologist and raise reptiles - you look in those eyes, and there is nothing there that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-bissette/if-you-have-birds-or-if-you-re-a-herpetologist-and-raise-reptiles-you/)

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> [I, as a storyteller, was asking questions no one in science had apparently asked. What happens in a nest of tyrannosaurs? They're precocial, meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-bissette/i-as-a-storyteller-was-asking-questions-no-one-in-science-had/)

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> [I think all kids understand from a very tender age that dinosaurs were real. They really walked around. That instantly sets them apart from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-bissette/i-think-all-kids-understand-from-a-very-tender-age-that-dinosaurs/)

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> [If we can’t get more John Rovnaks in this world, let’s all support the John Rovnak we’ve got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-bissette/if-we-can-t-get-more-john-rovnaks-in-this-world-let-s-all-support-the/)

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> [Horror is one of the few genres - romance and comedy are the other two that come to mind - that's all emotion-driven. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-bissette/horror-is-one-of-the-few-genres-romance-and-comedy-are-the-other-two/)

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> [I had thought comics could only be one thing, and that was what mainstream comics were selling us. And the undergrounders proved anything you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-bissette/i-had-thought-comics-could-only-be-one-thing-and-that-was-what/)

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> [The power of monsters is, it is a way of giving almost tangible substance to fears, beliefs, things that aren't real. You can coalesce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-bissette/the-power-of-monsters-is-it-is-a-way-of-giving-almost-tangible/)

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> [I wanted to reinvent horror comics. I felt like it was my mission to open people's eyes to the fact that horror comics could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-bissette/i-wanted-to-reinvent-horror-comics-i-felt-like-it-was-my-mission-to/)

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> [When you're making your living as a writer or an artist or a musician, you kind of live in a trance. You're sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-bissette/when-you-re-making-your-living-as-a-writer-or-an-artist-or-a-musician/)

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