Sam Raimi Quotes

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

Magic is at the core of myths.

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

Pretty much anything you care to imagine can happen in a fantasy, which in turn means you can really crank up the intensity of the tale you're telling.

I realised that today we are very much interested in reading about subjects that would have also interested people in the 1500s: ghosts, demons and things that go bump in the night.

I like fantasy.

When you hear the words 'magic' and 'story', they will probably evoke thoughts of your favourite fairy tales from childhood. Storybook pages abound with all manner of magic: fantastical fairies, wish-granting genies, or even a certain boy wizard.

And, of course, supernatural elements just make a story more interesting.

I love writing about monsters and food.

I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them.

I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.

I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

I think to describe 'The Gates' as a genre show is tricky because when you think of what's a vampire show or what's a supernatural kind of thing, I think other shows... maybe focus on that element probably slightly more than our show does.

I have always been a pretty big fan of ghost stories.

I want to believe in ghosts. I love ghost stories.

As you enter the world of myth, you have immediately a wonderful freedom.

I'm always interested in horror and the supernatural.

People ask me, 'Why angels? Why paranormal? Why teens?' In the beginning, I'm not sure I knew I was starting down any of those twisted paths - paths that now seem so familiar to me that they are downright comforting. In the beginning, I was just writing about love.

I think horror or science fiction is another way of telling a modern myth - it's like Ancient Greece; it's like kids couldn't wait for the next 'Orpheus' story, the next 'Jason and the Argonauts.'

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy.

There's no subtext in 'Harry Potter,' really; it's all magic - anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a magic spell. It's quite nice in a way. There is a real freedom to it. Doesn't say much for acting, does it?

My interest in fantasy began pretty much when I started to read.

I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.

I could never write about strange kingdoms. I could never do 'Harry Potter' or anything like that. Even when I did science-fiction, I didn't write about foreign planets and distant futures. I certainly never did fantasies about trolls living under bridges.

I was that weird kid that checked out all of the non-fiction paranormal studies books from the library. I've always been fascinated by the supernatural, particularly movies and TV shows that manage to blend humor with the horror - 'Supernatural', 'Buffy', 'Angel.'