Quotes by Thomas Ligotti

Explore a curated collection of 10 quotes by Thomas Ligotti. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

The ‘experimental’ writer, then, is simply following the story’s commands to the best of his human ability. The writer i — Thomas Ligotti
Best-selling horror fiction is indeed necessarily conservative because it must entertain a large number of readers. It’s — Thomas Ligotti
No one at the factory can remember how long we’ve worked here, or how old we are, yet our pace and productivity continue — Thomas Ligotti
In the recumbence of depression, your information-gathering system collates its intelligence and reports to you these fa — Thomas Ligotti
The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this — Thomas Ligotti
To Eden with me you will not leaveTo live in a cottage of crazy, crooked eaves.In your own happy home you take care thes — Thomas Ligotti
When I first read Lovecraft around 1971, and even more so when I began to read about his life, I immediately knew that I — Thomas Ligotti
All things considered, the happiest epitaph to have etched on one's headstone is this: 'He never knew what hit him'. — Thomas Ligotti
To be sane, he held, was either to be sedated by melancholy or activated by hysteria, two responses which were 'always a — Thomas Ligotti
I'm completely indifferent to what genre I read provided that I feel sympathy with how a writer perceives being alive in — Thomas Ligotti