James Herbert famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

To be haunted is to glimpse a truth that might best be hidden.
-- James Herbert

#Glimpse #Might
I've always loved comic books. As a kid, I used to read cowboy stories and historical comics about other worlds, unknown places that would take me out of myself and which helped to develop my imagination.
-- James Herbert

#Book #Kids #Cowboy
I've actually seen a ghost, so I know they're really around.
-- James Herbert

#Ghost
I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.
-- James Herbert

#Making Friends
I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.
-- James Herbert

#Morning #Desks #Terrible
I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.
-- James Herbert

#Book #Thinking #Literature
I worry about the many things that could happen to the people I love.
-- James Herbert

#People #Worry
I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.
-- James Herbert

#Trying #Too Much #Pretentious
I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.
-- James Herbert

#Hate #Writing #Violence
For me, a good friend is someone you might only see once or twice a year but each time it feels as though you've just seen them last week.
-- James Herbert

#Good Friend #Years #Might
I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were market traders and worked seven days a week.
-- James Herbert

#Boys #Parent #Catholic
Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians.
-- James Herbert

#Hypocrisy #Underestimate #Politician
Drip, drip, the rain comes falling, Rain in the woods, rain on the sea; Even the little waves, beaten, come crawling As if to find shelter here with me.
-- James Herbert

#Rain #Fall #Sea
I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.
-- James Herbert

#Stories #Novel #Bores
I've always suffered from being labelled a horror writer - just because I didn't go to university, just because I still talk in my natural voice, just because I'm not as articulate as Martin Amis.
-- James Herbert

#Voice #Horror #Natural

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