Brian Lumley

A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could! ↗

— Brian Lumley

#could #critic #literary #loves #only

And I have to consider myself fortunate, because there are plenty of writers who spend most of a lifetime looking for that certain something without ever finding it. ↗

— Brian Lumley

#certain #consider #ever #finding #fortunate

But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all. ↗

— Brian Lumley

#death #found #happens #i #kiss

But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster. ↗

— Brian Lumley

#anyway #crazy #evil #haven #i

But there's a little guy who sits astride my brain with a whip, and if I'm away from the machine for more than a couple of hours during the day, this little guy's lashing away. ↗

— Brian Lumley

#away #brain #couple #day #during

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case. ↗

— Brian Lumley

#brits #case #down #german #just

I have friends who read my books in Greek. ↗

— Brian Lumley

#friends #greek #i #read #who

I should think just about every young writer - which I was at the time - would be influenced by HPL. As an American writer of weird fiction, he was at the top of the class. ↗

— Brian Lumley

#american #american writer #class #every #fiction

I'll know when the ideas aren't fresh anymore. And I'll know when writing doesn't give me a thrill anymore. ↗

— Brian Lumley

#fresh #give #give me #i #ideas

If I had killed Crow off I can think of least six novels I would never have written, 400,000 words' worth of very necessary experience. ↗

— Brian Lumley

#experience #had #i #i can #killed