My father used to say: Every bird is one bird, and every book is one book, and every bird and every book is one thing too, under the words and the feathers." He finished with a flourish, as though the meaning of this was self-evident.
Clive BarkerBut I think humans are innately religious as a species, so you don't need a specific excuse for examining the perversely unholy.
Clive Barker