Clive Barker

All I've ever wanted to do is darken the day and brighten the night.

I love meeting people who've read my books. The prime reason to be on the planet is to make things I can show to other people: paintings, books, movies.

I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life.