Richard Matheson quotes

That which you believe becomes your world. (Richard Matheson)
All of us have a path to follow and the path begins on earth. View quote
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I can get pissed off very easily. View quote
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Somewhere In Time is the story of a love which transcends time, What Dreams May Come is the story of a love which transcends death. ... I feel that they represent the best writing I have done in the novel form. View quote
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I hate it when something I've had published "inspires" some nut to imitate what I've written, or some teacher gets fired for having her students read one of my stories or novels. View quote
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I think What Dreams May Come is the most important (read effective) book I've written. It has caused a number of readers to lose their fear of death - the finest tribute any writer could receive. ... Somewhere In Time is my favorite novel. View quote
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That's what was wrong with drinking too much. You became immune to drunken delights. There was no solace in liquor. Before you got happy, you collapsed. View quote
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How long did it take for a past to die? View quote
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I hope people are reading my work in the future. I hope I have done more than frightened a couple of generations. I hope I've inspired a few people one way or another. View quote
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This day father hit in the chain again before it had light. I have to try to pull it out again. He said I was bad to come upstairs. He said never do that again or he would beat me hard. That hurts. View quote
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Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend. (Richard Matheson)
What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one's own, when self-pretense is no longer possible? View quote
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After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge. View quote
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If men only felt about death as they do about sleep, all terrors would cease... Men sleep contentedly, assured that they will wake the following morning. They should feel the same about their lives. View quote
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Failures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected. What I should have given and hadn't. I felt the biting pang of every unfulfillment. View quote
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As her analyst had told her: the deeper buried the distress, the further into the body it went. The digestive system was about as far as it could go to hide. View quote
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There we will, I pray, remain and learn and grow until the time when we will rise together to the ultimate heights, changing in appearance but never in devotion, sharing the transcendent glory of our love through all eternity. View quote
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When you sleep, your dream world is as real to you as life, isn't it? View quote
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Normalcy was a majority concept, the standard of many and not the standard of just one man. View quote
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The vampire was real. It was only that his true story had never been told. View quote
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Everyone has something to hide. And if they couldn't hide it the world would be in a lot worse mess than it is. (Richard Matheson)
A man could get used to anything if he had to. View quote
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When I first joined my local library, I read endlessly. I immediately headed for the fantasy section, fairy tales, you name it. As a teen-ager, I read every novel by Kenneth Roberts, who wrote historical novels about the Revolutionary War period. My mother used to read to me. Heidi was one of my childhood favorites. View quote
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It is a secret but I have pulled the chain out of the wall. I can see out the little window all I like. View quote
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Life is a risk; so is writing. You have to love it. View quote
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