Paul G. Tremblay quotes

Marshmallows are kind of weird. I'm not a huge fan. I mean, they're fun when they get molten and melty at the end of a stick, but I always burn my mouth because I'm not all that smart or patient. (Paul G. Tremblay)
If what needs to get done is going to get done, then I can't screw around with the luxury of writing rituals or waiting for pristine writing conditions to magically materialize. View quote
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I don't consciously sit down thinking I'm blurring genre lines, for the most part. I try to stay focused solely on serving the needs of the particular story on which I'm working. View quote
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The feeling of having no choice or no say is a fear of mine, partly because the idea of loosening oneself from the burden and responsibility of choice and consequence is so intoxicating. View quote
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For too many of our citizens, Christianity has become entwined with the ecstatic worship of the gun and violence. For the adherents, there is no compassion, no love thy neighbor, no peace, no reason, and God only helps those who arm themselves. View quote
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As an adult, I've learned to cope and pull the plug on the worst what-ifs before my mind takes me to a place from which I can't return. View quote
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I've been a fan of horror and studying it for as long as I can remember. View quote
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Independent horror movies have really stepped up the game, and hopefully mainstream Hollywood will follow suit. View quote
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After my debut didn't go very well with Holt, I needed to be in a healthier head space. I was happy to emerge from there. You will always have those negative thoughts as a writer, but you can't let them take over. If you let them take over, those are the real page killers. View quote
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In the early 2000s, I started selling some short stories to horror markets. I joined the Horror Writers Association. View quote
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'A Head Full of Ghosts' was my first full horror novel, and that felt like coming home as a writer. (Paul G. Tremblay)
The closer a horror story gets to the truth of things, the more affective it is going to be. View quote
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When it comes to actually writing the book/story, I work on a computer. I wish I could write longhand, but I can't. View quote
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So much of my work is about children and/or parenting; it's something I'm drawn to without being able to completely articulate why. View quote
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Getting into graduate school was pure luck. View quote
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I want folks to take horror seriously. View quote
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I'm certainly no hardcore backpacker, but I do enjoy being out in the woods for a few hours. View quote
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Ambiguity is a big part of this post-truth world we're living in. View quote
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Ambiguity is our permanent state, isn't it? We don't like it being so. Most of us crave order and routine, and yet yawning before us is our future, as frightening as it is thrilling. View quote
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I usually dread writing non-fiction. I don't feel comfortable or confident writing essays and the like. View quote
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I always wanted to write a book that would have people talking, theorizing, arguing. (Paul G. Tremblay)
There's no objective reason anyone can point to that proves a horror story is innately inferior or that it's doomed to fail as a work of art because of it being horror. Anyone saying otherwise is being intellectually dishonest. View quote
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I feel like too many horror writers and filmmakers sort of just assume that the default is, 'The horror movie must be all atmosphere first and everything else second.' View quote
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What keeps me up at night is our nation's continued and burgeoning lack of rationality in response to mass shootings. View quote
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Whenever you bring reality TV into the mix, it's only a matter of time before, whatever fiction you come up with, it'll become real. View quote
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