Alexander Koch Quotes

I have always been into the darker side of things and love the mystery and sexiness of vampires.

I loved anything spooky, mysterious, or frightening.

I love horror, fantasy and sci-fi. Those are my genres of love and devotion.

Why a ghost story? Well, I love them. They're fun to read - and, yes, fun to write.

I don't really know what it is about vampires that makes them such a powerful symbol, metaphor, whatever in people's consciousness. But I do know they're tremendously powerful. I mean, there's a vampire on 'Sesame Street.' And Count Chocula. I don't know why it's so powerful.

I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.

I think if you looked at the kind of ebb and flow of supernatural fiction and horror fiction, it does seem to be more popular in times when we're hammered over the head daily with threats from all angles, very real threats.

Horror is edgier. Dark fantasy feels mushier to me. Finding the difference - it's an instinct. And they overlap a lot.

I love ghost stories but I can't really watch them, especially not by myself because then I can't sleep.

Horror itself is such a magical genre.

I've always been fascinated by horror.

I love really, really deep, dark-as-Russia storylines. I love supernatural aspects. I grew up with ghost stories.

Actually, I think I'm part of the last generation to grow up believing in magic and fairies and believing I had powers - you know, lying on the ground and trying to have my spirit leave my body - which never happened; still working on that bit.

The reason you can take the leap of faith with Stephen King, when it comes to the paranormal, or the things that happen in the world that he creates, is because the characters that he writes are accessible.

In a ghost story, usually you've got to hang on until daylight, and you'll be alright. But if daylight's four months away, then you have a problem.

Horror movies scare me. I don't really watch them. I'm not a big horror genre fan. I like certain classic horror - like 'Alien', 'Jaws', 'The Exorcist', stuff like that.

Monsters don't scare me at all; I think creepy is scarier than gore. I tend to read more thrillers and mysteries than horror, though. I like a good whodunnit. If I want scary, I tend to reach for a movie. I think it's a great medium for horror.

Even though I don't necessarily believe in everything that's supernatural, I like being scared and I like things that are suspenseful.

'Ravenswood' is horror. It's not slasher, but it's psychological and spiritual horror.

I always wanted to live in a haunted house.

I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.

I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.

I've wanted to write a ghost story for years, and my main aim was to write the most frightening ghost story that I could think of.

I love the paranormal, because there, every genre I write can become one beacon for my imagination.

I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy/horror guy. I love anything in the sci-fi or fantasy genre.