“It is more raw and unfettered and I'm more likely going into something you could call extreme cartooning. There's a lot of that in the course of 'Holy Terror.' There are interludes where there are pictures - cartoon pictures - of modern figures and they are all wordless. It's up to readers to put the words in.” CoursesModernFiguresReaderHolyTerrorExtremesCartoon Author:Frank Miller
“Believing in fate has probably always arisen in part because of the delights and terrors of storytelling. We have to realize--to learn--that in life we are not the readers but the authors of our own narratives.” BelieveRealizingFateReaderTerrorDelightStorytellingNarrative Author:Margaret Visser
“My feeling about fiction, regardless of the genre, is that it is meant to be a representation of life. I want my books to give a whole spectrum of experiences to my readers. Not just fear or terror or revulsion, but excitement, laughter, pain, sorrow, desire, etc.” WantGivingBookWholeFeelingsPainDesireFictionReaderSorrowLaughterTerrorGenreExcitementEtcMeant To BeRepresentationSpectrumGenre IsRevulsion Author:Richard Laymon
“My feeling of the whole genre, of the terror tale, is this: The best thing that you can do for the readers in this field is to terrify them. It is something that is intellectual, it happens in your mind.” MindWholeFeelingsHappensCan DoFieldsReaderIntellectualTerrorTalesGenreBest Things Author:Stephen King
“Most of us have loved. And the terror for a writer is that readers will forgive you so much, but they won't forgive you one false note about love, about which they too are expert.” ReaderForgivingNotesTerrorExperts Author:Richard Flanagan
“I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud.” IfsTryingEmotionReaderProudTerrorFinestGross Author:Stephen King