Rick Wood > Quotes

“To be someone’s soulmate, to be destined to be the one, suggests you have to stay together because it’s set out by the universe, and they are the only one for you. Whereas, if you admit that there could be many people for you, but you make it work with one person despite there being many others you could be with, that is really special. To be with a person because you want to, when you could have a vast array of suitors — that is love.”
― Rick Wood, Roses Are Red, So Is Your Blood: A Horror Anthology About the Darker Side of Love

“In a stroke of kindness quite unnatural to my character, I held out a needle filled with poison and suggested that it would be enough to complete the mission.”
― Rick Wood, The Devil's Debt

“A gingerbread man who squeals when I bite its leg off so I don’t have to keep pretending and making the sounds myself.”
― Rick Wood, Twelve Days of Christmas Horror

“Denial is the most common human trait, yet the most counterproductive.”
― Rick Wood, My Exorcism Killed Me

“The satisfaction of a job well done was a distant feeling in his mind, overshadowed by a pang of tears he felt pushing at his eyes. He hadn’t cried since he was a child, and he couldn’t quite understand why the tears were coming now, but here they were, pushing through the prison bars of his self-deception, glistening his cold cheeks with evidence that he was human after all.”
― Rick Wood, The Devil's Debt

“Brian decided it was time to leave, fearing he might be identified as the culprit. He finished the last sip of his coffee, stood, zipped up his coat, and marched out of the café, turning the corner so he was out of sight of Mitchel’s suffering.”
― Rick Wood, The Devil's Debt

“Brain,”
― Rick Wood, The Devil's Debt

“As you develop your ideas, there are a few ground rules I would like you to follow: 1/ Do not omit ideas. 2/ Do not censor ideas. 3/ Do not force coherence to your ideas.”
― Rick Wood, How to Write an Awesome Novel: From First Draft to Final Word

“The children are not permitted to touch this elf. I repeat, the children are not permitted to touch this elf, at all, under any circumstance; not even a little. The elf must remain where he is, just as he has been placed. On the shelf. Watching. Always watching.”
― Rick Wood, Twelve Days of Christmas Horror

“Derek had always taught Julian that if you want to measure where a man is, you need to see how far they’ve come. “The biggest obstacle you ever have to overcome, is yourself,”
― Rick Wood, My Exorcism Killed Me

“Sorry, but – what’s a succubus?” he innocently asked. “A female demon that shags blokes, often when they are asleep,” April answered matter-of-factly.”
― Rick Wood, The Sensitives

“Your followers, your money, your life—all of it will go, and you will experience the death you deserved when that bus smashed your skull into your brain.”
― Rick Wood, The Devil's Debt

“He stopped at the front door. Paused. Looked up. Noticed the camera pointing at him. Turned back to the door, wondering whether he looked too conspicuous with his hood up. Finally it opened, and Spencer, clad in a designer tracksuit, gold chains, and a beer in his hand, stared expectantly at him. Brian returned Spencer’s stare, wondering what to do. “Well?” Spencer said. “Huh?” “My fucking package? What, you waitin’ to suck my cock first—where the fuck is it?” “Oh, right. Yeah.”
― Rick Wood, The Devil's Debt

“Brain”
― Rick Wood, The Devil's Debt

“Goodwill and tidings to all men. Failing that, death and destruction to all men.”
― Rick Wood, Twelve Days of Christmas Horror

“Luke Skywalker wants to go to the Death Star. And? And rescue Princess Leia. So what? Because it is important to him. And? And if he doesn’t, he won’t discover what he is capable of. And there it is – the crux of the story.”
― Rick Wood, How to Write an Awesome Novel: From First Draft to Final Word

“last year and just as it will the next. As if it has meaning to this family of agnostics. Agnostics—the only thing worse than theists or atheists. As if you lack the gumption to form an opinion. I watch as you unpack your gifts and smile at each other, then stop your smiles when they cease looking. You’ve spent all that money for this momentary lie. And I plan, as I do every year, to do what should have been done many years ago. To kill you all.”
― Rick Wood, Twelve Days of Christmas Horror

“the demon is not necessarily representative of evil, but reflective of what one deems as evil at the time the religion, or the demonic horror book or film, was created; the demon represents what the male patriarchy of a society deems to be deviant behaviour.”
― Rick Wood, Horror, Demons, and Philosophy

“Now, can we get on with this? I have a four o’clock I wish to attend to. We always butt fuck Jeffrey Dahmer on Christmas Eve, and I’d hate to miss it.”
― Rick Wood, The Devil's Debt

“But do not call me a psychopath. And I request this for two reasons. One, it shows you know little of what a true psychopath is. You would most likely go along with the Hollywood stereotype or the image created by true crime documentaries you binge watch on Netflix for 8.99 a month. Two, it demeans what I do and makes it seem alien. It removes the human nature from human nature. It makes it seem as if what I do is unusual or not of the norm or is done because something is wrong with me. As I said, gladiators killed and died for entertainment. People were hung for stealing in the 1800s and families would go watch it like the picnic in the park.”
― Rick Wood, This Book is Full of Bodies

“He tried listening carefully. It’s what he’d always told those he taught – stop, listen to the elements, take them in. Allow them to relax your state of mind.”
― Rick Wood, My Exorcism Killed Me

“Gus Phillips was a cunt. There is no other way to put it. I know you probably get offended by the word—honestly, I feel the same about the word moist; it sends shivers down my body,”
― Rick Wood, The Devil's Debt

“But a father’s love is its own blindfold.”
― Rick Wood, Demon's Daughter

“What can I say? Don’t be so shocked! I’m The Devil, you insufferable vagabond—it’s my prerogative to meddle and manipulate you dumb fucks into doing inconceivable acts you would otherwise convince yourself you weren’t capable of.”
― Rick Wood, The Devil's Debt

“Spencer caught his wrist like a ball that was all too easy to catch. “What the fuck is this?” he asked, looking at the knife in his hand. “Fuck, it’s got blood on it! You tryin’ to gimme aids?”
― Rick Wood, The Devil's Debt

“As Brian came around, it didn’t surprise him to see where he was or how he was bound. The oddest part of this situation was that Spencer’s family didn’t pay Brian much attention. Each ankle, each wrist, his waist and his chest were all tied to a retro wooden crossback dining chair, yet despite the presence of their captee, the guy’s pre-pubescent daughter was more interested in her iPad, and his wife was more interested in finding the right filter for her selfie on Instagram.”
― Rick Wood, The Devil's Debt

“1/ Do not omit ideas. 2/ Do not censor ideas. 3/ Do not force coherence to your ideas.”
― Rick Wood, How to Write an Awesome Novel: From First Draft to Final Word