184 Quotes by Victor LaValle

My three obsessions are mental illness, horror and religion.

No one ever knows if a book is good until they read the book.

People use the notion of God to bully people and hurt people, when we can use the concept to respect and uplift.

Since Queens is the most ethnically diverse plot of land on Earth, we had tenants from all over the globe. The whole world in one building.

The devil that stayed with me most vividly was the one from the cover of Iron Maiden's 'Number of the Beast' album.

The horror genre is vast and full of brilliance. Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Herman Melville, the book of Esther. I'll happily join that list.

'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.

Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being a Catholic.

When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.