Names have power. In certain cultures, just speaking a man’s name gives you mastery over him.
BENTLEY LITTLEI always thought the appeal for vampires are the same as religion, the desire to avoid death and live forever.
More Bentley Little Quotes
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Horror writers can write about everything in the real world that a mainstream novelist can–plus the supernatural, which is the most fertile field for metaphor imaginable.
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I would waste countless hours looking up things about myself, writing fake posts about how great I am and arguing with people who don’t like my work. It saves me a lot of time and frustration to just stay out of the loop.
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I think the internet is a great marketing tool–but marketing is not my job. I’m a writer. My job is to write novels.
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I know that I, personally, lost respect for writers who, when there was a downturn in the market, started shouting from the rooftops that they wrote thrillers and suspense novels rather than horror.
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I think readers appreciate those of us who stay in the trenches and fight the good fight even when times get tough.
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Hope was a dangerous emotion that more often than not led men into foolishness and peril, made them risk their lives and lose their wives and part with fortunes that they never recovered.
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There’s always been a need for horror fiction, though – ghost stories have been a staple of every human society since the beginning of recorded literature – and while commercially the field may have its ups and downs, it will never go away.
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As far as I’m concerned, those wussboys should sever all ties with the horror community if that’s the way they feel and get out of the way so real horror writers can do their work.
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Two years later I finally sold it. For a whopping $4,000. A year after that, it finally came out. Which explains why there are all those terrible jobs on my resume!
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Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.
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An enigma? That’s not a bad persona to have. I should probably shut up and let the mystery continue! It’s good for my career.
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Life is short. Eternity is long.
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I write horror. And if no one wants to buy my books, I’ll just keep writing them until they do sell–and get a job at Taco Bell in the meantime.
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In real life, good people die all the time and a**holes can live long and happy lives. It’s a crapshoot.
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I always thought the appeal for vampires are the same as religion, the desire to avoid death and live forever.
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