--- title: "15 Want Quotes By Clive Barker" description: "15 Want quotes by Clive Barker. Plus more from Clive Barker and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/clive-barker-773_able_i-know-that-i-want-to-bring-sex-and-horr_1043000.png" --- > [I know that I want to bring sex and horror together as I have been able to in my books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-know-that-i-want-to-bring-sex-and-horror-together-as-i-have-been/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/clive-barker-773_able_i-know-that-i-want-to-bring-sex-and-horr_1043000.png) > [I never want to be the producer that I too often got.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-never-want-to-be-the-producer-that-i-too-often-got/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/clive-barker-773_producer_i-never-want-to-be-the-producer-that-i-t_1491505.png) > [If you want to look like the people next door, you're probably smothering yourself into your dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/if-you-want-to-look-like-the-people-next-door-you-re-probably/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/clive-barker-773_doors_if-you-want-to-look-like-the-people-next_947505.png) > [I really believe that there is an enormous appetite amongst readers for an originality of vision. In other words, be true to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-really-believe-that-there-is-an-enormous-appetite-amongst-readers/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/clive-barker-773_appetite_i-really-believe-that-there-is-an-enormo_2983780.png) > [I haven't even had a life I could call my own, and you're ready to slot me into the grand design. Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-haven-t-even-had-a-life-i-could-call-my-own-and-you-re-ready-to/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/253/clive-barker-773_design_i-haven-t-even-had-a-life-i-could-call-m_241911.png) > [Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any story springs. The threads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/nothing-ever-begins-there-is-no-first-moment-no-single-word-or-place-2/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/clive-barker-773_age_nothing-ever-begins-there-is-no-first-mo_1737740.png) > [Those old hypocrites. They talk about killing witches but the Good Book’s full of magic. Turning the Nile to blood and parting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/those-old-hypocrites-they-talk-about-killing-witches-but-the-good/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/clive-barker-773_blood_those-old-hypocrites-they-talk-about-kil_9364.png) > [Why'd you want to sing about sad things?" Candy had asked him. "Because any fool can be happy," he'd said to her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/why-d-you-want-to-sing-about-sad-things-candy-had-asked-him-because/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/clive-barker-773_candy_why-d-you-want-to-sing-about-sad-things_620683.png) > [It is great good health to believe, as the Hindus do, that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/it-is-great-good-health-to-believe-as-the-hindus-do-that-there-are-33/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25c/clive-barker-773_ambiguous_it-is-great-good-health-to-believe-as-th_388433.png) > [I want to be able to still surprise myself, even shock myself, whether it be sexual content, whether it be about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-want-to-be-able-to-still-surprise-myself-even-shock-myself-whether/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/clive-barker-773_happiness_i-want-to-be-able-to-still-surprise-myse_2087915.png) > [I want to be remembered as an imaginer, someone who used his imagination as a way to journey beyond the limits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-want-to-be-remembered-as-an-imaginer-someone-who-used-his/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/clive-barker-773_blood_i-want-to-be-remembered-as-an-imaginer-s_891757.jpg) > [Though I respect hugely the effort and the care and the beauty of games, I want to be working with people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/though-i-respect-hugely-the-effort-and-the-care-and-the-beauty-of/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/569/clive-barker-773_beauty_though-i-respect-hugely-the-effort-and-t_2160746.png) > [The whole point about vision is that it's very individual, it's very personal, and it has to be confessional. It has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/the-whole-point-about-vision-is-that-it-s-very-individual-it-s-very/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/clive-barker-773_art_the-whole-point-about-vision-is-that-it_1282359.jpg) > [We have great cities to visit: New York and Washington, Paris and London; and further east, and older than any of these,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/we-have-great-cities-to-visit-new-york-and-washington-paris-and/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/clive-barker-773_cities_we-have-great-cities-to-visit-new-york-a_1942252.png) > [It is great good health to believe as the Hindus do that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/it-is-great-good-health-to-believe-as-the-hindus-do-that-there-are-33-2/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/clive-barker-773_ambiguous_it-is-great-good-health-to-believe-as-th_2953996.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Clive Barker > [I've always thought that the most extraordinary special effect you could do is to buy a child at the moment of its birth, sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-ve-always-thought-that-the-most-extraordinary-special-effect-you/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [Those old hypocrites. They talk about killing witches but the Good Book’s full of magic. Turning the Nile to blood and parting the Red…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/those-old-hypocrites-they-talk-about-killing-witches-but-the-good/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [I dreamt a limitless book, A book unbound, Its leaves scattered in fantastic abundance On every line there was a new horizon drawn, New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-dreamt-a-limitless-book-a-book-unbound-its-leaves-scattered-in/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [“Only when they have outrun the all-too-eager shadows of the Canyon and they are back in the glare of the billboards on Sunset Boulevard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/only-when-they-have-outrun-the-all-too-eager-shadows-of-the-canyon/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-firmly-believe-that-a-story-is-only-as-good-as-the-villain/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [“Let us not neglect the forbidden. Let us not sophisticate ourselves out of the cheap thrill and chill of it: the story told for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/let-us-not-neglect-the-forbidden-let-us-not-sophisticate-ourselves/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/you-can-plan-to-be-brave-it-s-even-better-if-you-just-try-to-be-brave/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [“Pleasure is a reward, given to the human system by evolution in return for services rendered to the preservation and increase of the species.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/pleasure-is-a-reward-given-to-the-human-system-by-evolution-in-return/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [I love meeting people who've read my books. The prime reason to be on the planet is to make things I can show to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-love-meeting-people-who-ve-read-my-books-the-prime-reason-to-be-on/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [Nothing happens carelessly. We’re not brought into the world without reason, even though we may never understand the reason. An infant that lives an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/nothing-happens-carelessly-we-re-not-brought-into-the-world-without/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [“Despite his intent, tears sprang to his eyes, and he went into her embrace, both of them sobbing freely, like enemies joined by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/despite-his-intent-tears-sprang-to-his-eyes-and-he-went-into-her/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [Always, worlds within worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/always-worlds-within-worlds/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [“I'm an inclusionist. I've always divided up (very, very broadly, I admit) the artistic instincts into the inclusionist and the exclusionist. The exclusionist is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-m-an-inclusionist-i-ve-always-divided-up-very-very-broadly-i-admit/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [I think I'm less and less labelled a 'horror writer'. The books tend not to go on horror shelves any more, and when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-think-i-m-less-and-less-labelled-a-horror-writer-the-books-tend-not/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) > [“Horror shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/horror-shows-us-that-the-control-we-believe-we-have-is-purely-illusory/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/clive-barker/#itemlist", "name": "15 Want Quotes By Clive Barker", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know that I want to bring sex and horror together as I have been able to in my books.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clive Barker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-know-that-i-want-to-bring-sex-and-horror-together-as-i-have-been/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/clive-barker-773_able_i-know-that-i-want-to-bring-sex-and-horr_1043000.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/clive-barker-773_able_i-know-that-i-want-to-bring-sex-and-horr_1043000.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/clive-barker-773_able_i-know-that-i-want-to-bring-sex-and-horr_1043000.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know that I want to bring sex and horror together as I have been able to in my books.” — Clive Barker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never want to be the producer that I too often got.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clive Barker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-never-want-to-be-the-producer-that-i-too-often-got/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/clive-barker-773_producer_i-never-want-to-be-the-producer-that-i-t_1491505.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/clive-barker-773_producer_i-never-want-to-be-the-producer-that-i-t_1491505.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/clive-barker-773_producer_i-never-want-to-be-the-producer-that-i-t_1491505.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never want to be the producer that I too often got.” — Clive Barker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you want to look like the people next door, you're probably smothering yourself into your dreams.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clive Barker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/if-you-want-to-look-like-the-people-next-door-you-re-probably/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/clive-barker-773_doors_if-you-want-to-look-like-the-people-next_947505.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/clive-barker-773_doors_if-you-want-to-look-like-the-people-next_947505.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/clive-barker-773_doors_if-you-want-to-look-like-the-people-next_947505.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you want to look like the people next door, you're probably smothering yourself into your dreams.” — Clive Barker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I really believe that there is an enormous appetite amongst readers for an originality of vision. 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It is great good health to want to understand one's dreams. 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I want to be able to knock myself sideways. 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