Quotes About Horror

When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror

It [the Mexican War] was a training ground for generals, so that when the sad self-murders settled on us, the leaders knew the techniques for making it properly horrible.

No. No—only a kind of sinking in the heart. Maybe later I'll sort it out to hatred. There was no interval from loveliness to horror, you see. I'm confused, confused.

While doing an enquiry on renowned horror author, "Edgar Allen Poe" I was astonished to notice how more successful his biographical books sold compared to his own books.

The deer hovered by the trees beyond as the sounds of the ravening wolves came to them across the grass, their own senses almost frozen in impotent horror.

Documentary is a little like horror movies, putting a face on fear and transforming threat into fantasy, into imagery. One can handle imagery by leaving it behind. (It is them, not us.)

I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.

Horror, for me, has to involve some sort of fantasy. Horror is something that is in your dreams or your nightmares.

I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.

But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical.

I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or fantasy, other than children's fantasy, until I was in my teens

I was into fantasy more than horror. I was growing up in the mid-'70s through the '80s, and I also got a healthy dose of that classic era of film.

I loved underground comics and psychedelic art. I did like some supernatural horror, but mainly fantasy. I was into escapism.

People don't like to say Horror so they say Dark Fantasy because that's Horror wearing a collar and tie.

Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati.

I was always an actress, even as a little kid, and fantasy, horror, sci-fi stories are really all about playing make believe. I just never grew out of that.

I grew up on genre - on Westerns, spy thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy novels, horror novels. Especially horror novels.

I don't feel there's any reason to apologise for having a wicked imagination. I think it's important as a maker of fantasy and of horror.

But optimism dribbles away when horror repeats.

Horror films don't create fear. They release it.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear.

While vegans and meat-eaters disagree, we can all be united in our fear and hatred for the horror that is factory farming.

Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.

Insects are my secret fear. That's what terrifies me more than anything - insects.