Books Quote by Wayne Allen Sallee

“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

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

— Pamela Morris

“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

“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

“So in that sense, I and my fellow horror writers are absorbing and defusing all your fears and anxieties and insecurities and taking them…

— Stephen King

“I don’t believe I write horror as a means to conquer fear, no. As for my childhood fears, I mostly feared real threats such…

— Alistair Cross

“Horror is not a genre, it is an emotion. It is a progressive form of fiction, one that evolves to meet the fears and…

— Douglas E. Winter

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

— Ksenia Anske

“Minds that have withered into psychosis are far more terrifying than any character of fiction.”

— Christian Baloga

“Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.”

— Aeschylus

If you're trying to write about very strong horror, very strong fear or very strong emotion, it's easy to overwrite it.

— Linda Sue Park