122 Quotes by Laura van den Berg

As a teenager, I struggled a lot, had several major depressive episodes, and ended up dropping out of high school and getting a GED.

We're all trying to figure out on a daily basis what kind of person to be, aren't we? I am, at least.

I know some writers that have a million novel ideas, but I don't.

The kind of dystopian books that I've always loved the most are the ones where you find yourself in a world that's less scorched-earth and instead a world that has just been made different.

I'm such a first-person writer.

I have no problem quitting things, because I have a horror of boredom.

Whether it's via the monstrous or the paranormal, horror actually can really get at some of the most fundamental human questions.

I think my favorite horror films are really grounded in human psychology, which is to say I think through sort of extreme dislocations of reality.

I love creating mysteries, but I am terrible at solving them.