11 Quotes by Paul Cleave

Most killers have pretty average lifestyles. Steady jobs too. Sometimes they're even living the family life-white picket fence and a four-door sedan. That's what makes them so scary. They act human and they slot into society and since a young age they've known how to hide the crazy; they put it up on a shelf and only bring it out on special occasions.

... Melissa better not turn her back on her because nothing sums up crazy as much as a fat woman in love.

I spend a hundred and fifty bucks on a cellphone that has more features than even Gene Roddenberry could have dreamt of.

'Cemetery Lake' was an interesting book to write.

I had to sell my house and make a lot of sacrifices to become a writer, and it sucks not to get taken seriously.

Sometimes I think, 'Why should I care about doing well in New Zealand?'

You simply couldn't make a living as an author if New Zealand was your only market.

I spent years only ever reading horror and then trying to write horror - and deep down, a horror writer is still what I'd love to be. But it wasn't until I started writing crime that things began to work for me.

There's a bunch of Stephen King books I love. 'Salem's Lot' was always one of my favourites. 'It.' 'Needful Things.' Moving away from King, and 'Silence of the Lambs' is always a good choice.