Paul G. Tremblay quotes - page 2

I think I got serious about writing in the late '90s. The first stuff I wrote was terrible and got rejected, but I started getting more encouraging rejection letters. (Paul G. Tremblay)
Math was always my best subject growing up. View quote
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How children attempt to deal with everyday comedies and tragedies, and mortality, is universal and ultimately such a large part of what it means to be human. View quote
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While being a parent has been the most fulfilling experience of my life, it comes with a price. Besides the onslaught of worries and fears that can be paralyzing, more personally there is a struggle with identity, or the fear of loss or usurpsion of identity, if that makes sense. View quote
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When you trust your subconscious enough to put something in a story and then figure out why it really needed to be there later, when that works out, aye, that's the stuff. View quote
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There are many talented and worthy writers engaging horror in new, imaginative, and yes, terrifying ways. View quote
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I became a reader - never mind a writer - because of Stephen King. View quote
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There are great and terrible consequences to any act of violence, and they reverberate beyond the act itself. View quote
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I'm harsh on myself. But let's be honest: I'm not as harsh as the online one-star critic who says, 'This book is boring and stupid and smells like poo.' View quote
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Crime, horror, and satire each aim to reveal an ugly or uncomfortable truth: one that, after the reveal, will ensure we'll never be the same. The big difference between those genres being the effect they create. View quote
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Chance, choice, and consequence are fundamental parts of existence and perfect fodder for a horror story - or any story, for that matter, that asks, 'How do you live through this? How does anyone live through this?' (Paul G. Tremblay)