Andrew Shaffer Quotes

Not to disparage anything, but most vampire stories tend to be romance novels that are 'Twilight'-ish with metrosexual guys.

I'm aware of 'Twilight,' but I've never seen the movies or read any of the books. Frankly, the story leaves me cold - why do a vampire story about abstinence?

I've been a fan of vampire fiction since way, way back - I loved Stephen King, Anne Rice, Peter Straub, Robert McCammon, Shirley Jackson, lots of great horror and paranormal fiction.

Vampires are a genre now.

People read vampire novels and say, 'Oh I want to read another vampire novel.' People read fantasy, and they're like, 'Oh I love fantasy.' I don't know that people are necessarily finishing 'Hunger Games' and immediately wanting to read another dystopian tale.

I like the 'Cirque du Freak' books - 'Tunnel of Blood' by Darren Shan. They're set in England. It's about vampires.

Richelle Mead's 'Vampire Academy' saga is set to be the next young adult paranormal series to become a household name.

It's cool to play a vampire and be a part of this new, hot genre.

It's only in modern times that we have come to glorify vampirism.

Vampires have always been hot. They are one of our most durable monsters. It's one of those stories that galvanizes us early and it's always going on.

I don't like the vampire books. I don't like any of those.

When I started writing about vampires, I swore that I wouldn't touch the 'Dracula' legend because it's been done too many times.

Kids definitely go into bookstores after reading 'Twilight' and want something else like it.

I love Urban Fantasy, even though I'm inevitably compared to 'Supernatural,' only a little more edgy.

I felt like I'd culturally arrived when a character on the HBO show 'True Blood' was reading a hardback of 'Heartsick' at Sookie's kitchen table.

I think 'House of Night' blew up the way it did because it offered so many people a fantasy that they can be... vampires are very alluring.

I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters.

I actually wasn't much of a book reader at all before the 'Twilight' series. They just draw you in, and people love them. They're terrific books.

I'm not a vampire movie fan, per se. That's not to say that I haven't enjoyed movies with vampires in them.

Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.

I grew up on all sorts of horror - Hammer Horror and Vincent Price's 'Theatre Of Blood.' I loved the hidden, scary layers, but there wasn't that much around for youngsters in terms of horror books. I can remember reading Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot' and 'Cujo,' but I thought there should be more for teenaged horror fans.

I grew up reading Stephen King, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Isaac Asimov's nonfiction books, and Roald Dahl.

Urban Fantasy is a subgenre pretty much designed for teenagers. It's pretty twee, but I adore it. I've been trying to come up with an Urban Fantasy comic ever since I'd read the Nancy Collins 'Sonja Blue' series years ago.

I was obsessed with vampires when I was 13 or 14.

I read H.P. Lovecraft. I also like Sword and Sorcery stuff, Arthurian legend.