Clive Barker Quotes & Sayings

“Gather experience... Look at what you should not look at. A feeling of anxiety is the sure and certain evidence that you should do this.”

“One of the things I'm trying to do over and over again in my books is create new mythologies, create new ways to understand the complexity of the world. I think what mythology does is impress upon chaotic experience the patterns, hierarchies and shapes which allow us to interpret the chaos and make fresh sense of it.”

“Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work.”

“All I've ever wanted to do is darken the day and brighten the night.”

“I don't feel there's any reason to apologise for having a wicked imagination. I think it's important as a maker of fantasy and of horror.”

“I don't take accusations of selling out lightly.”

“It is great good health to believe, as the Hindus do, that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world. It is great good health to want to understand one's dreams. It is great good health to desire the ambiguous and paradoxical.”

“I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.”

“Books should make somebody look at how they feel, be honest with themselves.”

“My life is in the art that I make, and I'm very happy with it.”