“No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith. And that, I fear, for any reasoning, conscious being, would be the cruelest trick of all.”
“No cheap tricks.”
“For a few moments, the secrets of the universe are opened to us. Life is a cheap parlor trick. That's the miserable truth.”
“Time continued to pass - the oldest trick in the world, and maybe the only one that really is magic.”
“If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart.”