Quotes About Darkness

The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.

I like vampires.

Vampires were an excellent springboard. I still love them; they fascinate me.

I think that vampires are sexy. The idea of them being untouchable has been really exciting for people.

It is fun to play evil parts... especially vampires.

In Vancouver, in Sydney and in Orange County, we live among fluorescent stores and streets so brightly lit that you can read a book after dark; in other places across our global body, there are blackouts and curfews every night.

It's very nice to do a little bit of the darkness after a little bit of the lightness. Variety is the spice of life. I enjoy both, and hopefully, I will be able to do as big a variety as I possibly can.

Most of my pictures both in this country and abroad have been of the 'horror' variety.

There's nothing like the vast, dark Atlantic to remind you of your mortality. But terror can also be exhilarating.

Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that.

I've always liked music that has a darker vein to it. I come from such a safe upbringing - very stable, classic family, everything's nice and good - I was always looking for something different.

I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground.

I wish I could write 'Taxi Driver,' or 'Blue Velvet,' something brave, audacious, dramatic and dark. I don't know if I have the darkness in my own soul to be able to tap into it, unfortunately.

When it is dark, the objects and I will come out of limbo

It's always me, isn't it? I'm not really a very nice person, but for some reason it's always me that they come to with their problems.Oh, Dexter, a savage inhuman monster has taken my boyfriend! Well damn it, I'm a savage inhuman monster, too—didn't that entitle me to some rest?

I was never more alive than when the Dark Passenger was driving.

And what did you do last night, Dexter? Oh, I played with my dolls while a friend chopped up my sister.

Killing makes me feel good.

Hello there, officer, just out for a walk. Lovely evening for a dismemberment, isn't it?

THERE ARE NIGHTS EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN THE Dark Passenger really must get out to play. It's like walking a dog. You can ignore the barking and scratching at the door for only so long, and then you must take the beast outside.

Talk to me, I whispered to the Dark Passenger. Tell me what you have done.

Weren't we all crazy in our sleep? What was sleep, after all, but the process by which we dumped our insanity into a dark subconscious pit and came out on the other side ready to eat cereal instead of the neighbor's children?

Weren't we all crazy in our sleep? What was sleep, after all, but the process by which we dumped our insanity into a dark subconscious pit and came out on the other side ready to eat cereal instead of the neighbor's children?

I took a sip. The taste was bitter and thin, just as I would be if I had to keep the Dark Passenger buckled into his seat belt for very long.