Most zombie stories, the problems they solve are not the actual zombies. The problems they solve are the human interactions. Stephen Graham Jones actualhumaninteraction Change image and share on social
I see so, so many novels written by people who are obviously short story writers. What they end up doing, it's going the full distance, covering three hundred pages or so, but they do it by just writing five or six long stories, and weaving them together, making them interdependent. Stephen Graham Jones coverdistanceend share on social
You can't negotiate with a zombie. They have only one impulse - that's to eat us or our brains. Stephen Graham Jones braineatimpulse Change image and share on social
If the main character's not in jeopardy - physical, psychological, emotional, whatever - then you don't have any tension, and you don't have a story. Stephen Graham Jones characteremotionaljeopardy Change image and share on social
The slasher film is such a neat, self-contained genre. Stephen Graham Jones containfilmgenre Change image and share on social
People shouldn't go broke making a haunted house. Or, we should pay for our enjoyment, definitely. Stephen Graham Jones breakenjoymenthaunt Change image and share on social
For me, the facts in anything are always secondary. You don't lie convincingly with the truth. You lie convincingly with being a good liar. Stephen Graham Jones convincinglyfactgood Change image and share on social
I think America would do anything through a drive-through. Stephen Graham Jones americadrive Change image and share on social
In 1990, I was an undergraduate freshman archeology major sneaking over to the English building and unearthing an amazing repository of books I'd never even suspected. By 1998, I'd have my Ph.D. Stephen Graham Jones amazearcheologybook Change image and share on social
I figure anytime you put an adjective before 'writer,' it's a way of dismissing the writer. Stephen Graham Jones adjectiveanytimedismiss Change image and share on social