Jonathan Maberry Quotes

I love horror, mystery, and science fiction, and Poe was one of the founding fathers of those worlds.

I enjoy watching movies that are high concept or science fiction or have supernatural elements, like '2:22' has.

I've been writing since 1973. I've written nonfiction things of that nature, but I'm probably best known for crime fiction and, to some extent, horror fiction.

I enjoy doing all different types of movies even though I am the most comfortable with comedy.

I finished 'The Hunger Games' trilogy, and I love most anything with zombies.

In a zombie apocalypse, I expect insane things to happen.

All the old school Young Adult novels inspired me. I grew up reading R.L. Stine, Christopher Pike, Richie Cusick, and so on. I loved how you never really knew who the 'bad guys' were in their works, and I wanted to capture that feeling with 'Don't Look Back.'

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

I'd love to do all types of film, not just comedy, although I love comedy.

I'm a big Stephen King fan.

A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.

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

Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.

'The Hunger Games' has something for everyone.

I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.

I would much rather watch a horror film or science fiction than a comedy. I don't know why. I just like them. I find them relaxing.

I think you need humour and a sense of fun, which is what I try to bring to my books to leaven the danger and action. The ones that really transcend the genre always have a great laugh in them, such as 'Fright Night,' 'Lost Boys,' 'American Werewolf in London' - just to name a few.

I saw 'Alien' when I was 8 years old. To me, it was like a combination of Jaws and Star Wars, and that's the movie that made me want to be a director.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

I was always a really big fan of R. L. Stine and the 'Goosebumps' T.V. series and the 'Goosebumps' books.

My first book, 'Contest,' had a guy fighting aliens in the New York Public Library. The second book, 'Ice Station,' and 'Temple' were present-day military thrillers.

I always wanted to do action-adventure, and science fiction genres were always something that were of great interest to me.

My favorite anime movie is 'Fist of the North Star'.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction, horror, and fantasy films.

What attracted me to 'The Maze Runner' is its pure action.