Books Quote by Melissa de la Cruz

I think I'm less and less labelled a 'horror writer'. The books tend not to go on horror shelves any more, and when they…

— Clive Barker

I've come to the conclusion that you can't write scary books unless you're easily scared yourself.

— Mary Downing Hahn

Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like horror.

— Dean Koontz

I don't like to get scared - it's not one of the emotions I enjoy. So I have to assume that if there are…

— Chris Van Allsburg

One day I want to write a full-on horror book.

— Christopher Bollen

I never actually wanted to write horror, oddly enough. It was a kind of misnomer, because I didn't ever actually write horror in the…

— Peter James

“Good horror is written by people who understand that fear is one of the cardinal passageways into the core of humanity. Good horror is…

— Alistair Cross

Nothin’s real scary except in books.

— Harper Lee

I'm not necessarily a fan of horror genre of movies or books.

— Hidetaka Miyazaki

A large part of the appeal of this novel when I was lucky enough to stumble across the story idea for 'A Head Full…

— Paul G. Tremblay

There are many talented and worthy writers engaging horror in new, imaginative, and yes, terrifying ways.

— Paul G. Tremblay

My fear, as a writer, is that I am a curiosity. That I can only bring you this peculiar condition from far away, from…

— Tony Burgess