Fertile Quote by Bentley Little

There are many talented and worthy writers engaging horror in new, imaginative, and yes, terrifying ways.

— Paul G. Tremblay

What I see as the particularly exciting prospect for writing horror fiction as we go forward is setting stories in more internal landscapes than…

— Andrew Pyper

“The standards for horror fiction should be no less than those for 'serious literary' fiction in which originality of concept, depth of characters, and…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Horror is my favorite genre, but it works best for me when it's a metaphor on top of something we can all relate to.

— Misha Green

With a horror movie, you're making a metaphor. You're making a personalized nightmare for the protagonist.

— Jordan Peele

“Good horror is written by people who understand that fear is one of the cardinal passageways into the core of humanity. Good horror is…

— Alistair Cross

“Readers love fantasy, but we need horror. Smart horror. Truthful horror. Horror that helps us make sense of a cruelly senseless world.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

I wanted to write a horror story. But in some ways, I have always thought of myself as a kind of ghost-story/horror writer, though…

— Dan Chaon

“Any writer of horror needs to at least have a good, solid love of the genre. Also, good horror writers need to have a…

— Alistair Cross

The beauty of the horror genre is that you can smuggle in these harder stories, and the genre comes with certain demands, but mostly…

— Ari Aster

What's so exciting and unstoppable about the horror genre is that I view it all as metaphorical exploration. It's the safe place that we,…

— Mike Flanagan

It would be very hard to write a serious drama and say some of these things. You can be much more abstract and allusive…

— George A. Romero