James Herbert

I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were…

— James Herbert

I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.

— James Herbert

Drip, drip, the rain comes falling, Rain in the woods, rain on the sea; Even the little waves, beaten, come crawling As…

— James Herbert

“He never walked away from a problem, but occasionally liked to bury it and dig it up later.”

— James Herbert

For me, a good friend is someone you might only see once or twice a year but each time it feels as…

— James Herbert

I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

— James Herbert

I've actually seen a ghost, so I know they're really around.

— James Herbert

I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.

— James Herbert

“Now get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans”

— James Herbert

I've always suffered from being labelled a horror writer - just because I didn't go to university, just because I still talk…

— James Herbert

I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.

— James Herbert

“Why anyone should do so, knowing full well the dangers, was beyond the soldiers’ comprehension, but they had learned from past experience…

— James Herbert

I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story…

— James Herbert

I've always loved comic books. As a kid, I used to read cowboy stories and historical comics about other worlds, unknown places…

— James Herbert

Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians.

— James Herbert

To be haunted is to glimpse a truth that might best be hidden.

— James Herbert

I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.

— James Herbert

I worry about the many things that could happen to the people I love.

— James Herbert

“But the point was it was the construction itself that had made a minor disaster into a major one. And the construction…

— James Herbert

“The photographer was lost for riposte, obvious though it should have been; instead he turned to run. At least his mind did.…

— James Herbert

“Life is full of crises, we all know that. It's how we learn, how we grow. They help form character, mould the…

— James Herbert

“Terror was the key, of course, for there's a fine line between paralyzing dread and galvanizing fright.”

— James Herbert

“Still, that was the city, a great big filthy breeding-place for vermin – animal and human.”

— James Herbert