Christopher Moore Quotes

Novels are make-believe and play for adults.

It's not easy for me as a writer to suspend my disbelief in a fantastical zone. I can do it. But it's more natural for me to write stories that are comic. Or hopefully comic.

Most of my short stories are fantasy.

I like novelists who can create other interesting worlds.

Truth titillates the imagination far less than fiction.

All I want to do is write songs about funny characters I made up.

In any genre you're working in, you can always find a way to tell a particular kind of story. I love fantasy; I love science fiction. I love all kinds of fiction, in fact.

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

I always take a story that's kind of out there, like an urban myth. I take some possibility that people imagine, that they are familiar with, and try to turn it into a story.

Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.

I found out a long time ago that if I didn't have a good story for a song, I could just make one up! Now it seems over half the stories in my show are made up. The funny thing is, those seem to be the ones that resonate the most with the audiences.

I'm good at coming up with wacky characters and funny dialogue.

When I set out to write 'Sanctus,' all I wanted to do was craft a piece of high quality entertainment.

People may think I'm trying something new by telling stories, but they're just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That's what I do.

Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh.

Fiction, even when it's grim and hard, is fun.

I love fiction, you know? I find it fascinating. So when film really does go into fictional places, that's the most exciting for me. And when the fiction is about the person rather than about the place, that's even more exciting.

People aren't coming to me looking for political essays or polemic - they're looking for a rattling good story.

As a small child, I could watch anything happen and tell a story, and it was funny.

When I'm writing books, something weird happens; and the result is the books contain a large amount of what you could call 'supernaturalism.' As a writer, I find I need that to explain the world I'm writing about.

I'm a storyteller, and I was an actor, so I have a fairly thin grip on reality to begin with.

I developed a knack for storytelling early on around the kitchen table with my family. I just happen to be a funny guy.

My life isn't very racy or exciting so I make things up, tell stories. I like telling stories.

In a book, you can create a world in your imagination that's as intricate as you want. Even something like 'Angels & Demons.' I was reading it, thinking, 'This is incredible! This is so scary!'

I'm a total slave to a good story.