Becomes Quote by Jed Mercurio

Frankenstein feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms. It appeals to something very primal, but…

— Kenneth Branagh

'Frankenstein' feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms.

— Kenneth Branagh

One futuristic novel that had a huge impact on me was Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein,' which is kind of science fiction plus Gothic.

— Jennifer Egan

Frankenstein's actually interesting; he's kind of like a zombie.

— Mark Waters

“For better or worse, whether it is a sign of aesthetic complexity or of intellectual indecision, this novel [Frankenstein] offers equally fertile ground to…

— Richard T Nash

I've always loved Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. There's this wonderful chapter in which we get a first-person account of the monster's first impressions of the…

— Mordicai Gerstein

'Frankenstein' did not invent the fear of science; the novel found its audience because it dramatized anxieties that already existed. Although popular entertainment can,…

— Virginia Postrel

There are perennial stories like 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Sherlock Holmes' and those sorts of things, which have been around since almost as long…

— Peter Jackson

I think our grandparents were Victor Frankenstein. I basically am the kind of deeply unnatural creature that Mrs Shelley instinctively dreaded. I not only…

— Bruce Sterling

I started seeing in the monsters as a more sincere form of religion because the priests were not that great, but Frankenstein was great.

— Guillermo del Toro

My favorite classic novel may be 'The Invisible Man.' It's smart and genuinely funny. Otherwise, my favorite character is probably Frankenstein's Monster/Frankenstein the Monster.

— Adam Rex

One of the things in the Mary Shelley [Frankenstein] is that the creature tells his story, so this begins with the creature's point of…

— Danny Boyle