Curt Siodmak

“Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.”

“Science fiction is the mythology of the modern world.”

“You can't write a horror story without a monster. The monster can be inside you or outside you, but it has to be there.”

“I have a theory that the human mind is like a circus, a circus of mad monkeys. You have to be the ringmaster and make the monkeys do what you want them to do. If you don't, the monkeys will run wild.”

“The mind is a wonderful thing, but it can be a terrible master.”

“A writer's brain is a sponge. You can't help absorbing things.”

“The main purpose of a storyteller is to tell a story. Sounds simple, doesn't it? But it's not. A storyteller is a magician.”

“The great themes of horror are the same in all countries. It is the theme of the forbidden, of the evil that is just beneath the surface.”