Culture Quote by Catherynne M. Valente

Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears and are thus inherently incredibly interesting and powerful.

— Catherynne M. Valente

Oh, monsters are scared. That's why they're monsters.

— Neil Gaiman

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

— Andre Gide

We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.

— Anonymous

I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters. They are often more afraid.

— J. K. Rowling

But, with time, one has encountered many of the monsters, and one is increasingly less terrified of those still to be met.

— Kay Redfield Jamison

We fear monsters because we fear the dark parts of ourselves.

— Anonymous

Monsters can be scary, and they're great, but they're only really scary when they're reflections of us and they show you the things you're…

— Scott Snyder

Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“People shouldn’t be afraid of monsters. They’re predictable, and always follow their instincts. It’s men we should fear because they are so easily swayed…

— Ari Ryder

So often the monsters that crowd our minds are nothing more than the strange and thoroughly alien progeny of our own fearful fantasies.

— Rick Yancey

There's monsters in all of us, but there's also vulnerability.

— Finn Wittrock