Early Quote by Paul G. Tremblay

I wrote my first five horror novels while I was teaching.

— Sarah Pinborough

Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.

— George Stephen

I thought I was going to be a horror story writer. My influences were horror writers, like Rich Matheson, Ray Bradbury and Bram Stoker.

— Christopher Moore

I did a lot of stuff before I became known for horror. I did a lot of small films in the '70s, in all…

— Robert Englund

Horror films had died a little bit before Scream came around. That was one of the reasons I wrote it. I wanted to write…

— Kevin D. Williamson

So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.

— George Stephen

I was inspired to become a writer by horror movies and science fiction.

— Colson Whitehead

I wanted to write a horror story. But in some ways, I have always thought of myself as a kind of ghost-story/horror writer, though…

— Dan Chaon

I never got in this business, in cinema, to make horror movies. They arrived on my doorstep and I got typecast. Which was fine,…

— John Carpenter

Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books, I always…

— Colson Whitehead

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

— Sidney Sheldon

I came into this business to create characters that moved people and told stories.

— Michael T. Weiss