James Herbert Quotes

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  • I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.

    "From the archive: James Herbert on rats and redemption". Interview with Andrew Billen, www.theguardian.com. 1993.
  • Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians.

  • I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.

    Stories   Novel   Bores  
  • I worry about the many things that could happen to the people I love.

    People   Worry   Happens  
    "From the archive: James Herbert on rats and redemption". Interview with Andrew Billen, www.theguardian.com. 1993.
  • I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.

    Hate   Writing   Violence  
    "James Herbert on his daily routine, writing The Rats and how he hates violence". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.telegraph.co.uk. December 12, 2012.
  • I've always loved comic books. As a kid, I used to read cowboy stories and historical comics about other worlds, unknown places that would take me out of myself and which helped to develop my imagination.

    Book   Kids   Cowboy  
    "Cultureshock: Novelist James Herbert and daughter Casey exchange experiences". www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2006.
  • Drip, drip, the rain comes falling, Rain in the woods, rain on the sea; Even the little waves, beaten, come crawling As if to find shelter here with me.

    Rain   Fall   Sea  
  • I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.

  • I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

    "From the archive: James Herbert on rats and redemption". Interview with Andrew Billen, www.theguardian.com. 1993.
  • I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.

  • For me, a good friend is someone you might only see once or twice a year but each time it feels as though you've just seen them last week.

  • I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were market traders and worked seven days a week.

    Boys   Parent   Catholic  
  • To be haunted is to glimpse a truth that might best be hidden.

    Glimpse   Might  
    James Herbert (2011). “Haunted”, p.11, Pan Macmillan
  • I've actually seen a ghost, so I know they're really around.

    Ghost   Knows  
  • I've always suffered from being labelled a horror writer - just because I didn't go to university, just because I still talk in my natural voice, just because I'm not as articulate as Martin Amis.

    Voice   Horror   Natural  
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