Robert Bloch Professions : Writer Born : April 5, 1917 Died : September 23, 1994 Browse All Authors Top 23 quotes by Robert Bloch The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. Robert Bloch hilarious smile funny A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed. Robert Bloch wise beautiful men Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings. Robert Bloch hilarious humor funny I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times. Robert Bloch crazy littles thinking Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece. Robert Bloch women creating finals Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk. Robert Bloch jars heart boys We're all not quite as sane as we pretend to be. Robert Bloch sane Horror is the removal of masks. Robert Bloch removal mask horror 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. Robert Bloch sleep discovery long 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. Robert Bloch crazy heart children Mothers sometimes are overly possessive, but not all children allow themselves to be possessed. Robert Bloch mother sometimes children 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. Robert Bloch real jobs years So I had this problem -- work or starve. So I thought I'd combine the two and decided to become a writer. Robert Bloch decided problem two That's the way girls were--they always laughed. Because they were bitches. Robert Bloch girl sex way I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my shelf. Robert Bloch heart cute children 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. Robert Bloch prayer dark night 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. Robert Bloch emotional strong relationship 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. Robert Bloch long-ago magic people I always carry a pistol when I go [to the New York Public Library]. Never did trust those stone lions. Robert Bloch library lions new-york Then she did see it there - just a face, peering through the curtains, hanging in midair like a mask. A head-scarf concealed the hair and the glassy eyes stared inhumanly, but it wasn’t a mask, it couldn’t be. The skin had been powdered dead-white and two hectic spots of rouge centered on the cheekbones. It wasn’t a mask. It was the face of a crazy old woman. Mary started to scream, and then the curtains parted further and a hand appeared, holding a butcher’s knife. It was the knife that, a moment later, cut off her scream. And her head. Robert Bloch cutting crazy eye Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
