Features Quote by Brian Pinkerton

All my stories are mainly slice-of-life and rooted to real issues and situations that I have experienced myself.

— Shoojit Sircar

Although I'm up for working in any genre, I do love the passion and dynamic storytelling that horror stories can provide. Dealing with big…

— Barbara Crampton

I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.

— Abbas Kiarostami

Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.

— Sarah Pinborough

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

I'm drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. I'm not saying I don't…

— Sophie Okonedo

I use everything. Turning life into stories is how I make sense of my experience. No matter how weird or disturbing or upsetting to…

— Grant Morrison

I'm certainly very influenced by what you would call "contemporary headline horror," stuff that is true crime or for one reason or another catches…

— Dan Chaon

As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and my readers.

— Stephen King

Im drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. Im not saying I dont…

— Sophie Okonedo

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political…

— Isabel Allende

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them.

— Isabel Allende