Clive Barker Quotes


Harvey wasn't interested in the clothes, it was the masks that mesmerized him. They were like snowflakes: no two alike. Some were made of wood and of plastic; some of straw and cloth and papier-mâché. Some were as bright as parrots, others as pale as parchment. Some were so grotesque he was certain they'd been carved by crazy people; others so perfect they looked like the death masks of angels. There were masks of clowns and foxes, masks like skulls decorated with real teeth, and one with carved flames instead of hair.


Citations

Barker, Clive. The Thief of Always. HarperCollins, 1992, p. 55.

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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.