In a sense, all fiction is experimental. Every new book is an adventure into unknown territory. As Hemingway … - Richard Laymon

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Every time you get a script and you have a scene, you start mining out how many layers there are within it.

Richard Laymon

In a sense, all fiction is experimental. Every new book is an adventure into unknown territory. As Hemingway told us, you (the writer) have to go out beyond where you have gone before.

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Ray Garton never fails to go for the throat!

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A few of my books, over the years, have been optioned for film. The subject matter of my books, however, is not exactly conducive to Hollywood film treatment. If and when a 'big-budget' film is ever made based on one of my books, my fans and I will more than likely loathe it because it won't be true to its source. That's almost a given.

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Horror writers are specialists in the worst case scenario

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I don't worry much about whether or not one of my stories contains elements of the supernatural. If I come up with what I think is a nifty concept, I'll give it a whirl.

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No book, no matter how good, has a chance of reaching a large audience unless the publisher SEES the book's value.

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