Clive Barker Quotes


Darkness always had its part to play. Without it, how would we know when we walked in the light? It’s only when its ambitions become too grandiose that it must be opposed, disciplined, sometimes—if necessary—brought down for a time. Then it will rise again, as it must.


Citations

Barker, Clive. The Scarlet Gospels. St. Martin's Press, 2015.

Related Quotes

Clive Barker
Clive Barker
  • Born: October 5, 1952
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Author, Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Actor, Playwright, Painter

Clive Barker is an English playwright, novelist, film director, and visual artist. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works, and his fiction has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser and Candyman series.