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One man's pornography is another man's theology.

Clive Barker

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Clive Barker
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 5
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Give me B movies or give me death!
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Walk with care in dark places, and do not put your faith in anyone who promises you the forgiveness of the Lord or a certain place in Paradise.
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Life is short And pleasures few And holed the ship And drowned the crew But o! But o! How very blue the sea is.
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I know that I want to bring sex and horror together as I have been able to in my books.
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It’s only when you’ve lost someone that you realize the nonsense of that phrase “It’s a small world”. It isn’t. It’s a vast, devouring world, especially if you’re alone.
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Perhaps a wiser eye than hers would be able to read tomorrow in tonight's stars, but where was the fun in that? It was better not to know. Better to be alive in the Here and the Now--in this bright, laughing moment--and let the Hours to come take care of themselves.
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Sung to the tune of O Christmas Tree O woe is me, O woe is me, I used to have a hamster tree, But it was eaten by a newt, And now I have no cuddly fruit, O woe is me, O woe is me, I used to have a hamster tree!
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Often people who are wonderful with animals aren't always terribly good with human beings.
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I've dealt with a lot of producers who were pricks and I'm determined not to be that.
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Wherever I go, I will speak of you with love.
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Flesh could not keep its glamour, nor eyes their sheen. They would go to nothing soon. But monsters are forever.
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His body and his mind went about their different businesses. The former, freed from conscious instruction, breathed, rolled, sweated, and digested. The latter went dreaming.
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I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.
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How many human eyes...had snatched glimpses of their secret anatomies, down the passage of years?
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To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!
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No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.
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You’ve always got me” “Always?” “Didn’t I just say so?” “Yes” “Am I liar? “ “No.” I lied.
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Angels have very nasty tempers. Especially when they’re feeling righteous.
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I can see in your eyes that there’s no seam of untapped joy left in you. The best of life has come and gone. Those days when sudden epiphanies swept over you, and you had visions of the rightness of all things and of your place amongst them they’re history. You’re in a darker place now.
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Keep it simple. Trust your imagination. Discover what is unique about your imagination. Don't simply read a story and copy it. I go into myself. Then I transcribe what visions I have. If those ideas are original, and you are devoted, you will go far.
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