My childhood was pretty ordinary, except from a very early age, I wanted to be scared. I just did. I was scared afterwards. I wanted a light on, because I was afraid that there was something in the closet. My imagination was very active, even at a young age.

If it's ka it'll come like a wind, and your plans will stand before it no more than a barn before a cyclone

Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.

The book is not the important part. The book is the delivery system. The important part is the story and the talent.

Nobody lives forever, but we all shine on.

This is probably the single great subject of horror fiction: our need to cope with a mystery that can be understood only with the aid of a helpful imagination.

I'm going to be dead for a long time, so I have a lot to do now.