Books Quote by David Jacob Knight

“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

“Horror writers shouldn't play nice. Disturb & unnerve your reader. Make them uncomfortable, but not so much they stop reading.”

— Pamela Morris

“Fear is essential in horror fiction. Gore is optional.”

— Rayne Hall

“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

“horror MUST stimulate the reader’s mental pressure points more effectively and more consistently than other genres.”

— Joe Mynhardt

“I think horror, when done well, is one of the most direct and honest ways to get to the core of the human experience…

— Alistair Cross

“True horror is not in our stories, it's in our lives. Stories help us process it.”

— Ksenia Anske

“A horror writer is one who is not only willing to look into the darkest of shadows...but to reach into them too.”

— Thomas Scopel

“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

“I think horror can and should be classy. I enjoy seeing it raised up not lowered down to the lowest common denominator. There's prejudice…

— Carole Gill

“Everyone rushes wherever his instincts impel him, the populace swarms like insects over a corpse, poets pass by without having the time to sculpt…

— Gustave Flaubert

“Horror is the only genre where you don't have to explain everything. Things happen just because and that alone makes it scary.”

— R.A. Horn