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Robert Albert Bloch (/blɑːk/; April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, horror, fantasy and science fiction, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. His fondness for a pun is evident in the titles of his story collections such as Tales in a Jugular Vein, Such Stuff as Screams Are Made Of and Out of the Mouths of Graves.

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Henderson sighed. There was a time, he reflected, when the coming of this night meant something. A dark Europe, groaning in superstitious fear, dedicated this Eve to the grinning Unknown. A million doors had once been barred against the evil visitants, a million prayers mumbled, a million candles lit. There was something majestic about the idea, Henderson reflected.

Against, Barred, Dark, Night, Prayer, Visitants

I haven't had this much fun since the rats ate my baby sister

Ate, Baby, Fists, Fun, Sister

So I had this problem -- work or starve. So I thought I'd combine the two and decided to become a writer.

Two, Problem, Decided, Starve, Combine

So much for modern science and its wonderful discoveries that just about everything can kill you. Life is only a bedtime story before a long, long sleep.

Discovery, Everything, Long, Sleep, Story, Wonderful

Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie.

Relationship, Strong, Emotional, See, Granted

Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece.

Women, Creating, Finals, Created, Woman

I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.

Crazy, Thinking, Littles, Perhaps, Times

The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

Blame, Funny, Hilarious, Man, Smile, Things

Everything in this business makes sense, because it serves a real purpose, fills a need that's a part of living. Even a single nail, like this one, fulfills a function. Drive it into a crucial place and you can depend on it to do a job, keep on doing it for a hundred years to come. Long after we're dead and gone, both of us.

Dead, Jobs, Real, Sense, Serves, Years

Magic--that's just a label, you know. Completely meaningless. It wasn't so very long ago that people were saying that electricity was magic.

Completely, Long Ago, Magic, People

Mothers sometimes are overly possessive, but not all children allow themselves to be possessed.

Children, Mother, Mothers, Possessed, Possessive, Sometimes

Horror is the removal of masks.

Horror, Mask, Masks, Removal

That's the way girls were--they always laughed. Because they were bitches.

Girl, Girls, Laughed, Sex, Way

People hear that I am a horror writer and they think that I must be a monster, but actually I have the heart of a small child - I keep it in a jar on my desk.

Children, Crazy, Heart, Horror, Think, Writer