--- title: "1 Terrifying Thing Quotes By Paul Kane" description: "1 Terrifying Thing quotes by Paul Kane. Plus more from Paul Kane and more Terrifying Thing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/paul-kane-22347_book_the-most-terrifying-thing-i-can-think-of_980632.png" --- > [The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. That's the nucleus of the first story in my collection and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/the-most-terrifying-thing-i-can-think-of-is-being-alone-and-i-mean/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/paul-kane-22347_book_the-most-terrifying-thing-i-can-think-of_980632.png) ## More by Paul Kane > [This sort of encouragement is vital for any writer. And lastly the publication of Touching the Flame, which was on hold for two years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/this-sort-of-encouragement-is-vital-for-any-writer-and-lastly-the/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [Considering the amount of work I put into each piece, the amount I need to make from it is pretty high. I won't sell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/considering-the-amount-of-work-i-put-into-each-piece-the-amount-i/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [Unlike life, you've got more or less complete control over what's going on in your stories. That's not to say you can make characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/unlike-life-you-ve-got-more-or-less-complete-control-over-what-s/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [For English assignments I was constantly coming up with these strange adventure stories... But I actually wanted to be an artist, or maybe work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/for-english-assignments-i-was-constantly-coming-up-with-these-strange/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [I've had a lot of very positive feedback about those stories, and seem to have struck upon something that most people feel. I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/i-ve-had-a-lot-of-very-positive-feedback-about-those-stories-and-seem/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [Sometimes I'll hear a phrase or a word and write it down in my little black notebook (a writer's best mate), then come back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/sometimes-i-ll-hear-a-phrase-or-a-word-and-write-it-down-in-my-little/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [It was relatively easy to write 'The Cave of Lost Souls', though, because it came to me one night in a dream. I remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/it-was-relatively-easy-to-write-the-cave-of-lost-souls-though-because/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/the-most-terrifying-thing-i-can-think-of-is-being-alone-and-i-mean/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/as-for-goals-i-don-t-set-myself-those-anymore-i-m-not-one-of-these-i/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [The joy of painting lies precisely in the challenge of memory and the challenge of translation from the lived experience to the two-dimensional or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/the-joy-of-painting-lies-precisely-in-the-challenge-of-memory-and-the/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [I love a good laugh as well, I think that's so important in life, which is probably why I've dabbled in comedy writing as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/i-love-a-good-laugh-as-well-i-think-that-s-so-important-in-life-which/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [I sometimes wonder what would've happened if I'd entered the competition instead - I'd probably have come nowhere and given up on the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/i-sometimes-wonder-what-would-ve-happened-if-i-d-entered-the/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [Photos represent primarily a seductive but deleterious short cut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/photos-represent-primarily-a-seductive-but-deleterious-short-cut/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [It's not just that toil allows the appearance of spontaneity. It allows the actuality of spontaneity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/it-s-not-just-that-toil-allows-the-appearance-of-spontaneity-it/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) > [Having said that, I'm a huge Jack Nicholson fan because he just goes nuts in everything he does. Having Jack in his heyday would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kane/having-said-that-i-m-a-huge-jack-nicholson-fan-because-he-just-goes/) [Paul Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kane/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/terrifying-thing/paul-kane/#itemlist", "name": "1 Terrifying Thing Quotes By Paul Kane", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. 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