In the 40 years since 'The Amityville Horror', dramatizations of those supposedly-real events have gotten loose enough - special-effects laden enough, star-power re-packaged enough - that the audience no longer trusts the dramatization's loyalty to the core story. Stephen Graham Jones amityvilleaudiencecore 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
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
I feel very at home in L.A., I think, because it's dry, and there's sun, like the West Texas I grew up in. Stephen Graham Jones feelgrowhome 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
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
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
Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas. Stephen Graham Jones bearchristmascount Change image and share on social
When I was twelve, Uncle Randall looked up long enough to see that I was a reader as well, so he walked me down his hall to a linen-closet door and opened it up onto a wall of paperbacks. There were books behind books, as deep in as I could reach. He told me to take three, and when I was done, bring them back and take three more. Stephen Graham Jones backbookbring share on social