Al Sarrantonio > Quotes

“It is always Dark. Light only hides the Darkness. —DANIEL KIAN MC KIERNAN”
― Al Sarrantonio, 999: New Stories Of Horror And Suspense

“twenty years after McCauley’s effort, I concluded that it was time to prove, once and for all, that the horror and suspense genre is a serious literary one. I had other reasons”
― Al Sarrantonio, 999: New Stories Of Horror And Suspense

“Children picked up things on a different level than adults. They hadn’t spent much time building up defense mechanisms and rationalizations for all the shitty things that happen in the world. Kids take everything straight, no chaser. It’s later on we all start bullshitting ourselves. Dominic”
― Al Sarrantonio, 999: New Stories Of Horror And Suspense

“Your organs are all failing, but your cancer...well, your cancer is doing great.”
― Al Sarrantonio

“Sometimes all you had to do was breathe to ruin somebody’s else’s day.”
― Al Sarrantonio, Tales From the Crossroad: Volume 1

“There were things that Pumpkin Head—now not Pumpkin Head anymore—had to do to be a girl. He had to be careful how he dressed, and how he acted. He had to be careful how he talked, and he always had to be calm. He was very frightened of what would happen if he didn't stay calm. For his face was really just a wonderful plastic one. The real Pumpkin Head was still inside, locked in, waiting to come out.”
― Al Sarrantonio, 13 Horrors of Halloween

“Dangerous Visions, which had, almost single-handedly, changed the way readers thought about science fiction. Since Ellison had been at least partially successful”
― Al Sarrantonio, 999: New Stories Of Horror And Suspense

“I have nothing I ever wanted, after I had everything.”
― Al Sarrantonio, Halloweenland

“Cartagia narrowed his eyes. “They seemed too good to be true. And, as we know, when something is too good to be true, it often is.”
― Al Sarrantonio, Personal Agendas