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All Quotes by author - Nancy A. Collins
" Back when I was growing up, getting caught with a copy of 'Creepy,' 'Eerie' or 'Vampirella' was almost as bad as your parents finding out you were reading 'Playboy.' "
Bad
You
Reading
" Horror serves a cathartic role in human society, all throughout the world. It is a way of confronting the darkness, both within and without. "
Way
World
Society
" I became a horror fan during the early 1960s, back when Hammer was putting out their groundbreaking 'Dracula' series with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, and grew up watching 'Dark Shadows.' "
Shadows
Back
Up
" I cannot sing Vampirella artist Patrick Berkenkotter's praises loudly or often enough. "
Loudly
Sing
Artist
" If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive. "
Stage
You
Love
" I know about various fictional and folkloric vampire mythoses the way other people know about the personal life of celebrities. "
Life
Know
Vampire
" I'm very excited about taking over the reins on Vampirella. I've really been enjoying myself so far. "
Excited
Really
Over
" I've been writing in some way, shape, or form for as long as I can remember. "
Way
Writing
I Can
" One of the things that may appeal to teenagers is that vampires never change - they're frozen in that age. "
Teenagers
Never
Age
" Personally, I don't trust people who go out of their way to state they never read or watch horror and insist there's something wrong with those of us who do. "
Watch
Trust
People
" The best advice I got as a writer was also the first advice, which came from the late fantasy author and editor Karl Edward Wagner: Any agent who charges to look at your work is a crook. "
Best
Fantasy
Late
" The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in. "
High School
Culture
Judge
" Vampires are handy characters, as they can do double duty as monster/villains and the classic, misunderstood romantic hero. "
Hero
Duty
Romantic
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