Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it. Victor LaValle educationformgather Change image and share on social
'The Devil's Dictionary' reads like a collection of great Twitter posts. And as people do with tweets, they can swipe Bierce's best lines and recite them as nearly their own. The reflected glory of reposting. Victor LaValle biercecollectiondevil share on social
I weighed 25 stone, and I didn't stand nine feet tall, so the weight didn't sit well on me. As big as a house? No. I was as big as an estate. Victor LaValle bigestatefoot Change image and share on social
Whether it was H. P. Lovecraft's doomed towns or Shirley Jackson's lonely, looming 'The Haunting of Hill House,' the boondocks had all the fun. As a black kid in Queens, New York, I couldn't have felt more removed. Victor LaValle blackboondocksdoom share on social
'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh. Victor LaValle guillotinehumorkind Change image and share on social
My three obsessions are mental illness, horror and religion. Victor LaValle horrorillnessmental Change image and share on social
I'm a big fan of monsters. Number one, they're fun, and two, they're such great ways to access the subconscious fears and beliefs of any group of people. Victor LaValle accessbeliefbig Change image and share on social
Shirley Jackson enjoyed notoriety and commercial success within her lifetime, and yet it still hardly seems like enough for a writer so singular. When I meet readers and other writers of my generation, I find that mentioning her is like uttering a holy name. Victor LaValle commercialenjoyfind share on social
Our family suffers from a hereditary condition called, generally, mental illness. Specifically, multiple family members in successive generations have suffered from either bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. Victor LaValle bipolarcallcondition share on social
Lumpy and lazy; I aspired to lethargy. In the second year of university, I missed half my classes just because I couldn't pull myself out of bed. Victor LaValle aspirebedclass Change image and share on social