The monsters act out our rage. They act on their worst impulses, which is appealing to a certain part of us. They get punished for it, but we've enjoyed the spectacle of their liberation.

Believe me, when I say; There are no two powers That command the soul. One is God The other is the tide. -Anon From the novel Abarat

A monster lies in wait in me,a stew of wounds and misery.But fiercer still in life and limb,the me that lies in wait in him

Memory, prophecy, and fantasy— The past, the future, and The dreaming moment between— Are all in one country, Living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.

You just have to trust your own madness.

Horror fiction shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.

I don't like PG-13 horror movies. I think they're a contradiction in terms.

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.

Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

Evil, however powerful it seemed,could be undone by its own appetite

We’re too much ourselves. Afraid of letting go of what we are, in case we are nothing, and holding on so tight, we lose everything else.

You find peace not by looking but by giving.

It is not possible to say too much about Christ. But it is quite possible to say too little about hell.

We're our own heroes.

I'm full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure.

Change is no loss, Will. Not always.

The bright bite in Mary Lee Kortes' voice [has] the high-mountain sunshine of Dolly Parton, with a sweet-iron undercoat of Chrissie Hynde.

My mother enjoyed few things more than investing in the underdogs and showing them that they were special and could achieve their dreams.

The best stuff in life isn't stuff at all... relationships, experiences & meaningful work are the staples of a happy life.

Credit . . . is the only enduring testimonial to man's confidence in man.

The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God equally present, all the time, in every condition.