20 Quotes by Brian Keene

I've been a fan of 'The Defenders' since childhood, and Devil Slayer was always one of my favorite members of the team - especially during J.M. DeMatteis' wonderful run on the series.

In late 2001, I contributed a short story called 'Castaways' to an anthology called 'In Laymon's Terms,' which was a tribute to Richard Laymon, who had passed away earlier that year.

Know your genre. Know your history. Read a book.

What a crazy way to be buried, he thought as he hunted. Get your body burned up and then poured into a box that looked like a library book, like your relatives could check you out and take you home for a couple of weeks. Would there be an overdue penalty if they were late bringing back the dead?

Sometimes it whispers. If you stand too close to it, right there on the edge where the candlelight is swallowed by shadow, the darkness talks to you in a voice not its own – a voice you’ve probably heard before. A lover. A parent. A friend.

I mean, what’s the sense in being a hero when there’s no one left to save? Oh.

Maybe God is nothing more than another villain – the biggest villain of them all. Maybe.

We’re all scared. Might as well be scared together.

Keep that hate alive in your heart, lad. It’ll warm you when nothing else will.