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Paul G. Tremblay

American Author

Born: Jun 30, 1971

Because Big Book First Horror Writing

Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar

For too many of our citizens, Christianity has become entwined with the ecstatic worship of the gun and violence. For the adherents, there is no compassion, no love thy neighbor, no peace, no reason, and God only helps those who arm themselves. Paul G. Tremblay

Love God Peace Compassion Gun Become Christianity Too Our Worship Those Neighbor Citizens No Love Only No Reason Entwined Arm Thy Ecstatic Themselves Reason Who Many Helps Violence

The closer a horror story gets to the truth of things, the more affective it is going to be. Paul G. Tremblay

Truth Horror More Affective Closer Gets Going Story Things

I've been a fan of horror and studying it for as long as I can remember. Paul G. Tremblay

Remember Long Horror Studying Been Fan

My first two novels were quirky detective stories followed by a couple of SF/Fantasy novels. Paul G. Tremblay

First Detective Detective Stories Followed Couple Were Quirky Stories Novels Two

A large part of the appeal of this novel when I was lucky enough to stumble across the story idea for 'A Head Full of Ghosts' was that I'd finally be writing a horror novel. In a lot of ways, the book is both my criticism of and love letter to horror. Paul G. Tremblay

Love Book Writing Criticism Stumble Enough Finally Ways Ghosts Horror Both Part Head Idea Lot Story Across Full Appeal Large Lucky Novel Large Part Letter

I don't consciously sit down thinking I'm blurring genre lines, for the most part. I try to stay focused solely on serving the needs of the particular story on which I'm working. Paul G. Tremblay

Needs Try Sit Down Thinking Solely Focused Stay Stay Focused Part Particular Most Genre Lines Story Which Working Serving

Any day in which I get writing done is ideal to me. Paul G. Tremblay

Day Me Writing Ideal Get Any Done Which

There's no objective reason anyone can point to that proves a horror story is innately inferior or that it's doomed to fail as a work of art because of it being horror. Anyone saying otherwise is being intellectually dishonest. Paul G. Tremblay

Work Art Saying Otherwise Objective Horror Point Fail Because Proves Intellectually Inferior Being Doomed Anyone Dishonest Story Reason Innately

I feel like too many horror writers and filmmakers sort of just assume that the default is, 'The horror movie must be all atmosphere first and everything else second.' Paul G. Tremblay

I'm certainly no hardcore backpacker, but I do enjoy being out in the woods for a few hours. Paul G. Tremblay

Few Enjoy Out Hours Being Woods Certainly Hardcore

I have to admit to being a music snob. I think, in a parallel universe, I pretty easily could have been Jack Black's character from 'High Fidelity,' working in a record store and snidely commenting on everyone's purchases. Paul G. Tremblay

Music Character Black Think Universe Everyone Easily High Parallel Purchases Record Pretty Admit Record Store Could Been Commenting Snob Jack Being Store Fidelity Working

I was a good boy in high school , and I read for English class, and I vaguely remember reading, as a kid, 'Choose Your Own Adventure' stuff, but I didn't really read for pleasure. Paul G. Tremblay

Good Class Remember School Reading Own Pleasure Kid High High School Adventure Stuff Read Boy Really Your Choose English Vaguely

Getting into graduate school was pure luck. Paul G. Tremblay

School Pure Luck Graduate Getting Graduate School

When you trust your subconscious enough to put something in a story and then figure out why it really needed to be there later, when that works out, aye, that's the stuff. Paul G. Tremblay

You Trust Subconscious Enough Later Out Something Put Stuff Story Then Really Your Figure Works Why Needed

I became a reader - never mind a writer - because of Stephen King. Paul G. Tremblay

Mind King Writer Never Stephen King Reader Became Because

The feeling of having no choice or no say is a fear of mine, partly because the idea of loosening oneself from the burden and responsibility of choice and consequence is so intoxicating. Paul G. Tremblay

Fear Burden Responsibility Feeling Mine Say Intoxicating No Choice Oneself Having Idea Partly Because Choice Consequence

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