“Everybody has a good side and a bad side, and the monster is the bad side. The monster is the thing that you don't want to see.”— John Carpenter
“Real monsters are within us, and they are the things that everyone is scared of. Not werewolves or vampires.”— Peter Jackson
“Today I'm a monster, I'm frightfully grim, I've tentacles, talons, and teeth on a whim.”— Jack Prelutsky
“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.”— Curt Siodmak