Alive Quote by Greg Iles Download Open image “Southern Gothic is alive and well. It's not just a genre, it is a way of life.” — Greg Iles ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Alive Alive And Well Genre Gothic Just Life Southern Way Way of life Well
I don't really begin with ideas about genre. I certainly wrote a gothic novel, 'The Keep,' that conformed to and, in some ways, played… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
One of the biggest gripes I've always had with my own fans is romanticizing the southern-gothic aspect of my work while disrespecting the legacy… — Ethel Cain Copy Share Image
“In Gothic fiction, characters must contend with the dead, with active hauntings or with hallucinations of hauntings, as well as whatever other trying circumstances… — Brenda Walker Copy Share Image
I'm not really into gothic music, it's not really my type of scene but each to their own. I listen to pretty much anything. — Richard Fleeshman Copy Share Image
For me, Gothic is something from my youth, when I had a heavy metal phase. — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that the gothic… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Gothic in its purest sense is actually a very powerful, twisted genre, but the way it was being used by by journalists - 'goff' with a double f - always seemed to me to be about tacky, harum-scarum horror, and I find that anything but scary. That wasn't what we were about at all. — Siouxsie Sioux Copy Share
Being gothic doesn't mean that you are depressing or whatever, it's just my lifestyle.:p — Bhumika Copy Share Image
With 'The Keep,' I began with a theory about pitting the isolated disconnection of the gothic realm against present-day hyperconnectedness. I emerged feeling that… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I love the gothic literature. It always has such great stories with characters bigger than life and the stakes are always high. And because there's always a wolf at the door, the emotions are high; the romance, the sexuality, friendships, and relationships. You don't know if the guy kissing you one minute is going to bite you the next. This… — Frank Wildhorn Copy Share
Musically, I grew up among a lot of gothic rock but I dont like to take on the style of other artists too much,… — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
Southern writing is regional: it includes dialect, settings, and cultural traditions from that region. However the themes and story conflicts are universal. My challenge… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things:… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
...the larger world lay not across oceans but within the human mind and heart. — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
Experiences are like hoarded gold. Whenever I dole out a piece of my private suffering, that is when I get letters from all over… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“Because death is the end, and if a man doesn’t speak before it silences him, then the things he holds closest die with him.” — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“When we reach the intersection with Homochitto Street, I turn right, into town, and soon we’re passing Dunleith, the antebellum mansion that I always… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
The South is the home of 'an eye for an eye.' 'Turning the other cheek'? The South can't see that. — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you a secret, Caitlin. We’re still in the cave. It’s just bigger, and we wear nicer clothes. We make alliances and… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I can't say that there are 'things' that make me come alive. There are thoughts that make me come alive. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today. — Bob Costas Copy Share Image
Peace is an ongoing process. It begins with the first step and it does not end. We, all of us alive today, are the… — David Krieger Copy Share Image
I think adoption becomes complicated whenever the biological parents are alive. — James Haven Copy Share Image
The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound. — Maureen Duffy Copy Share Image
I have tried to resign myself, and to console myself; and that, I hope, I may have done imperfectly; but what I cannot firmly… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord's Supper, but he might well sorrow because of… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
