85 Quotes by Sarah Pinborough

Secrets, secrets, secrets. People are filled to the brim with them if you look closely.

After that, it was simple.Two strangers colliding.She didn’t suspect a thing.

Of course she was bloody found dead." Moore grumbled. "Some bastard cut off her head and her limbs. If she'd been found alive I would have been more than bloody surprised.

Found dead. A verdict as useful as a fucking Bible in the Bluegate Brothel.

My first six books were horror, I think because when I was young I loved Stephen King. John Wyndham, Daphne Du Maurier, and it's natural to try and emulate the books you first loved.

Monsters don't scare me at all; I think creepy is scarier than gore. I tend to read more thrillers and mysteries than horror, though. I like a good whodunnit. If I want scary, I tend to reach for a movie. I think it's a great medium for horror.

Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.

I'm a lot less travelled as an adult than I was as a child, but I think living in far flung places gives you a perspective on the world and people that adds flavour to your writing.

I wrote my first five horror novels while I was teaching.