I don't believe terror and horror are just vicarious pleasures. I think it routes itself in your mind. It can affect your mind. Look at what's going on in the America today. The violence is just awful and I think a lot of has to do with what they are showing on the movies and television.
Richard MathesonBecause there was only one thing worse than dying. And that was knowing you were going to die. And where. And how. (โDeath Shipโ)
Richard MathesonFailures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected. What I should have given and hadnโt. I felt the biting pang of every unfulfillment.
Richard MathesonHe stood there for a moment looking around the silent room, shaking his head slowly. All these books, he thought, the residue of a planetโs intellect, the scrapings of futile minds, the leftovers, the potpourri of artifacts that had no power to save men from perishing.
Richard Matheson