Quotes from Darren Shan

What use was money if you didn't have the time to enjoy it?

For a long time that's all I could do, howl and scream and cry like the wild animal of the night that I'd become.

If he comes in the dark, then it's KYAG Time!" - Harkat Mulds (The Lake of Souls)

I always loved horror, but I read all sorts of books. My favourite as a child was 'The Secret Garden' which has a big influence on Lord Loss, believe it or not!

We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in what we KNOW.

I have music on when I write. I don't like the isolation otherwise and find the silence deadening.

Real life's nasty. It's cruel. It doesn't care about heroes and happy endings and the way things should be. In real life, bad things happen. People die. Fights are lost. Evil often wins.

I grew up on all sorts of horror - Hammer Horror and Vincent Price's 'Theatre Of Blood.' I loved the hidden, scary layers, but there wasn't that much around for youngsters in terms of horror books. I can remember reading Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot' and 'Cujo,' but I thought there should be more for teenaged horror fans.

I think you can spread yourself across any number of genres when you're a writer as long as you have a deep, abiding love for each of them.

My books always focus on the response of the characters to extreme events. As dark as they get, they are ultimately positive, uplifting books about children who take control of their lives and overcome great adversaries. I think that is why they have been so popular.

The message of 'Zomb-B' is that you have to listen to your own heart and head and question everything. Question stereotypes and the way the world seems or is being presented. Some of the people we should be most concerned about, dangerous right-wing bigots, sound convincing and reasonable.

One of the things I wanted to do with my own books was bridge the gap between 'Goosebumps' and adult horror.

The moon's a powerful mistress. She can reach through any wall or covering and work her wicked charms.

Of course I have nightmares-Who doesn't?

You stole from a member of the undead

I don't think anyone ever remembers what they were really like as kids. Adults think they do, but they don't. Photos and videos don't capture the real you, or bring back to life the person you used to be. You have to return to the past to do that.

Throw up whatever's making you sick, Darren, he said, then get your behind back in here.

I sucked blood from one of my best friends

If I'd known how wrong I was - if I'd had any idea of the awful night that lay ahead - I'd have run after him and never returned to that disgusting circus of blood, that revolting circus of death.

Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.

There are a lot of black-hearted, mean-spirited bastards in the world. It's important that we hold them to acount. But always remember that you might be the most black-hearted and mean-spirited in the lot, so hold yourself the most accountable of all.

If he comes in the dark, then it's KYAG Time! - Harkat Mulds (The Lake of Souls)

I'm starting to understand that fear is like cancer - you can beat it back, but if it returns, it can be worse than ever.

They forget that the vampaneze were once our brothers, that by destroying them, we destroy a part of ourselves. Most vampire never realize how pointless and savage war truly is. You were smart enough to see through the truth. Don't ever forget it.