“Had Mary Shelley fretted so? Maybe yes, maybe no. She’d begun her classic work on a dare. Had culled a dream to… — L.L. Barkat Copy Share Image
One of the things in the Mary Shelley [Frankenstein] is that the creature tells his story, so this begins with the creature's… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Nico was gothic, but she was Mary Shelley gothic to everyone else's Hammer horror film gothic. They both did Frankenstein, but Nico's… — Peter Murphy Copy Share Image
“And do you know the oddest thing about murder and war and violence?” “Oh, Mary Shelley, please stop talking about those types… — Cat Winters Copy Share Image
It seems all "protection" has to be monitored, considered, weighed and justified - I am suggesting we do that (but it's something… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
Networks like Adult Swim allow artists to be artists and allow their vision to come through without a lot of tinkering. I… — Scott Adsit Copy Share Image
“In fact, there was an ancient bearded guy in the corner who looked like he'd probably palled around with Mary Shelley.” — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
“Somewhere in all this, it was thought, there also resided a mysterious élan vital, the force that brought inanimate objects to life.… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me, whose eyes would reply to mine... gentle yet courageous, possessed,… — David Boyle Copy Share Image
One futuristic novel that had a huge impact on me was Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein,' which is kind of science fiction plus Gothic. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I'm thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I've always loved Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. There's this wonderful chapter in which we get a first-person account of the monster's first impressions… — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
“It proved a wet, ungenial summer,” the future Mary Shelley wrote, “and incessant rain often confined us for days to the house.”… — Greg Breining Copy Share Image
“When Mary Shelley took a local legend based on truth and crafted fiction from it, she'd made Victor a tragic figure and… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image