James Herbert Quotes

• 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

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• Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians.

  James Herbert

  Hypocrisy, Underestimate, Politician

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• 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

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• To be haunted is to glimpse a truth that might best be hidden.

  James Herbert

  Glimpse, Might

  James Herbert (2011). “Haunted”, p.11, Pan Macmillan

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• I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.

  James Herbert

  Hate, Writing, Violence

  "James Herbert on his daily routine, writing The Rats and how he hates violence". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.telegraph.co.uk. December 12, 2012.

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• 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

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• I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

  James Herbert

  Book, Thinking, Literature

  "From the archive: James Herbert on rats and redemption". Interview with Andrew Billen, www.theguardian.com. 1993.

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• 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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• 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

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• I worry about the many things that could happen to the people I love.

  James Herbert

  People, Worry, Happens

  "From the archive: James Herbert on rats and redemption". Interview with Andrew Billen, www.theguardian.com. 1993.

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• I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.

  James Herbert

  Morning, Desks, Terrible

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• I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.

  James Herbert

  Making Friends

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• I've actually seen a ghost, so I know they're really around.

  James Herbert

  Ghost, Knows

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• 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

  "Cultureshock: Novelist James Herbert and daughter Casey exchange experiences". www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2006.

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• I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.

  James Herbert

  Trying, Too Much, Pretentious

  "From the archive: James Herbert on rats and redemption". Interview with Andrew Billen, www.theguardian.com. 1993.

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