Mind Quotes by Richard Matheson

9 Mind quotes by Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson’s eight short thoughts on the mind carry his signature speculative twist. They probe the boundaries between reality and imagination, giving a quick glimpse into the mind that fuels his storytelling.

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I don't believe terror and horror are just vicarious pleasures. I think it routes itself in your mind. It can affect your…

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“Everything seemed to flood over him then. It was as though he’d been the little Dutch boy with his finger in the…

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“In a world of monotonous horror there could be no salvation in wild dreaming. Horror he had adjusted to. But monotony was…

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He stood there for a moment looking around the silent room, shaking his head slowly. All these books, he thought, the residue…

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'I Am Legend' is quite unusual for its time. I just wanted to write a story about female boxers, and I couldn't…

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In a world of monotonous horror there could be no salvation in wild dreaming. Horror he had adjusted to. But monotony was…

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He pretended it was the only thing that kept him from it. But, far back in his mind, he wondered if he…

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“He kept thinking about Mary. What a fool he'd been to let her go. To think, with the thoughtless assurance of youth,…

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Not only did I rediscover every experience of my life, I had to live each unfulfilled desire as well—as though they’d been…

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(After death.) So few people who come across, possess awareness of any kind. All they bring along with them are worthless values. All they…

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“He thought about that visionary lady. To die, he thought, never knowing the fierce joy and attendant comfort of a loved one's embrace. To…

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“All right, little boy, he tried kidding himself, calm down now. Santa Claus is coming to town with all the nice answers. No longer…

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I think we're yearning for something beyond the every day. And I will tell you I don't believe in the supernatural, I believe in…

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I wrote about real people and real circumstances and real neighborhoods. There was no crypt or castles or H.P. Lovecraft-type environments. They were just…

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Let the jagged edge of sobriety be now dulled.

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“It’s horrible," she said. He looked at her in surprise. Horrible? Wasn’t that odd? He hadn’t thought that for years. For him the word…

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In a world of monotonous horror there could be no salvation in wild dreaming. Horror he had adjusted to. But monotony was the greater…

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There we will, I pray, remain and learn and grow until the time when we will rise together to the ultimate heights, changing in…

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“No, by God, he had no intention of going on like a blind man, plodding down a path of brainless, fruitless existence until old…

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I think What Dreams May Come is the most important (read effective) book I've written. It has caused a number of readers to lose…

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“I looked at all the people, feeling sorry for them. They were still subordinate to clock and calendar. Absolved of that, I stood becalmed.”

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To get married and have a family, is to grow up and mature. It's the only way. You can read philosophy books for a…

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“The man of my dreams is almost faded now. The one I have created in my mind. The sort of man each woman dreams…

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