Believe Quote by Clive Barker

“Horror shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory.”

— Clive Barker

At best you can hold death at bay, you can pretend it isn't there; but to deny it totally is a sickness. And I…

— Clive Barker

“Good horror fiction deals with taboos. It must always go to the limits of what is acceptable.”

— Clive Barker

I think that horror fiction is one of the ways to approach these problems of death.

— Clive Barker

There's two kinds of evil that horror fiction always deals with. One kind is the sort of evil that comes from inside people, like…

— Stephen King

“Nothing, I had come to believe by the end, was more illusory than the idea of ending.”

— Clive Barker

“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

“The heroes of urban fantasy come out of the hard-boiled mystery, while the villains, monsters, and antagonists have their own roots in classic horror…

— George R.R. Martin

I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched…

— Poppy Z. Brite

And the great appeal of horror fiction through the ages is that it serves as a rehearsal for our own deaths.

— Steven King

Best-selling horror fiction is indeed necessarily conservative because it must entertain a large number of readers. It’s like network television. I’m your local cable…

— Thomas Ligotti

“There are those who don't understand the nobility of horror fiction. 'Isn't there enough horror in the world?' they ask. For all other forms…

— Anonymous