Richard Christian Matheson is a master of compression. He knows how to catch a moment in words and convey it straight to the reader's heart.
Clive BarkerOf all the rash and midnight promises made in the name of love, none, Boone now knew, was more certain to be broken than "I'll never leave you.
Clive BarkerI dreamt a limitless book, A book unbound, Its leaves scattered in fantastic abundance On every line there was a new horizon drawn, New heavens supposed; New states, new souls.
Clive BarkerThere are things that are more important than the news and whatโs happening today. There are these archetypes which are part of the human imagination since humans were presumably imaginative. And I think thatโs what [people] find touching, these eternal ideas. Itโs one of the things that makes fantasy something that tends to stand the test of time because weโre reading, 50 years later, The Lord of the Rings.
Clive Barker