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Brian Lumley quotes

English Writer February 2, 1937

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Brian Lumley quote: "A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to..."
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
Brian Lumley quote: "We've got one life and the older we get the more we come to..."
We've got one life and the older we get the more we come to realize how short it is. Brian Lumley
Brian Lumley quote: "Blood is the life."
Blood is the life. Brian Lumley
Brian Lumley quote: "I have friends who read my books in Greek."
I have friends who read my books in Greek. Brian Lumley
But while our parting was mutually acceptable and even expedient, still it was painful. And I would like to think it hurt both of us, for I certainly felt it: a wrenching inside, like some small but improbably necessary organ was no longer in there, that it was missing, torn or fallen out. And at the time I'd thought that was the end of it; what was missing was gone forever Brian Lumley
If, like Harry Keogh, I could talk to the dead - God, there are an awful lot of people I would like to speak to! Not least my father. Being in the army for 22 years, I didn't see enough of him, and I know there are a great many things I could have learned from him. Brian Lumley
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
Brian Lumley quote: "But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss..."
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
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
There are lots of other things that I haven't done, places I haven't seen. So eventually I'll have to find time for those things while there still is time. Brian Lumley
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
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
Brian Lumley quote: "Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me..."
Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers. Brian Lumley
Brian Lumley quote: "Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work."
Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work. Brian Lumley
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

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