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Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs.

It is great good health to believe, as the Hindus do, that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world. It is great good health to want to understand one's dreams. It is great good health to desire the ambiguous and paradoxical.

From Clive Barker

I don't take accusations of selling out lightly.

From Clive Barker

My life is in the art that I make, and I'm very happy with it.

From Clive Barker

For a writer, and particularly a writer of my genre, which is the fantastical, I think that it's to my advantage to feel remote from and disconnected from the world of deal making.

From Clive Barker

Books should make somebody look at how they feel, be honest with themselves.

From Clive Barker

One of the things I'm trying to do over and over again in my books is create new mythologies, create new ways to understand the complexity of the world. I think what mythology does is impress upon chaotic experience the patterns, hierarchies and shapes which allow us to interpret the chaos and make fresh sense of it.

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Some people think that horror films are some sort of second class filmmaking, and the only way to bypass that thinking is being proud of the fact that we do it.

From Clive Barker

I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die - it's a major offence.

From Clive Barker

What I tried to do is deliver movies that have worked for me more than once.

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Clive Barker

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