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> [But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/but-i-ve-found-that-to-talk-too-much-about-movies-is-the-kiss-of/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

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## More by Brian Lumley

> [If, like Harry Keogh, I could talk to the dead - God, there are an awful lot of people I would like to speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/if-like-harry-keogh-i-could-talk-to-the-dead-god-there-are-an-awful/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [I should think just about every young writer - which I was at the time - would be influenced by HPL. As an American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/i-should-think-just-about-every-young-writer-which-i-was-at-the-time/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [“It was not only the absence of light but the absence of everything. He might be at the core of a black hole, except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/it-was-not-only-the-absence-of-light-but-the-absence-of-everything-he/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [But there's a little guy who sits astride my brain with a whip, and if I'm away from the machine for more than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/but-there-s-a-little-guy-who-sits-astride-my-brain-with-a-whip-and-if/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/a-literary-critic-is-someone-who-can-t-write-but-who-loves-to-show-he/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/now-after-18-years-not-a-sign-of-lovecraft-in-my-work/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [If I had killed Crow off I can think of least six novels I would never have written, 400,000 words' worth of very necessary experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/if-i-had-killed-crow-off-i-can-think-of-least-six-novels-i-would/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [“The future is a devious thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/the-future-is-a-devious-thing/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [And I have to consider myself fortunate, because there are plenty of writers who spend most of a lifetime looking for that certain something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/and-i-have-to-consider-myself-fortunate-because-there-are-plenty-of/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [The Army was my bread and butter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/the-army-was-my-bread-and-butter/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/but-other-vampire-stories-well-no-i-really-haven-t-read-too-many-and/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [I'll know when the ideas aren't fresh anymore. And I'll know when writing doesn't give me a thrill anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/i-ll-know-when-the-ideas-aren-t-fresh-anymore-and-i-ll-know-when/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/but-i-ve-found-that-to-talk-too-much-about-movies-is-the-kiss-of/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/writers-are-in-the-entertainment-business-and-it-gives-me-lots-of/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

> [Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lumley/now-when-i-was-in-the-army-writing-was-my-hobby/)

[Brian Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lumley/)

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