English - Writer | October 5, 1952 -
I want to be able to still surprise myself, even shock myself, whether it be sexual content, whether it be about the theological content, whatever. I want to be able to knock myself sideways. Otherwise, what a waste of a life that would be.
Clive Barker
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Nobody cares for the product I, and a host of other horror directors, make.
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'Underworld' was my first filmed book. I think there are about seven of my lines in it.
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You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave.
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Horror fiction shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.
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Neil Gaiman is a star. He constructs stories like some demented cook might make a wedding cake, building layer upon layer, including all kinds of sweet and sour in the mix.
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I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die - it's a major offence.
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My imagination is my polestar; I steer by that.
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I have the normal complement of anxieties, neuroses, psychoses and whatever else - but I'm absolutely nothing special.
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Gather experience... Look at what you should not look at. A feeling of anxiety is the sure and certain evidence that you should do this.
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Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs.
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What I tried to do is deliver movies that have worked for me more than once.
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