Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music. Read Summary
My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror. Read Summary
We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones. Read Summary
A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science fiction that imbued you with a sense of wonder, and mainstream journalism that gave you clear and concise information in a way that you wanted it. Read Summary
American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. Read Summary
It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude. Read Summary
Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places. Read Summary
Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence. Read Summary
From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent. Read Summary
I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction. Read Summary
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' Read Summary
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. Read Summary