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" Math was always my best subject growing up. "

Paul G. Tremblay

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" A large part of the appeal of this novel when I was lucky enough to stumble across the story idea for 'A Head Full of Ghosts' was that I'd finally be writing a horror novel. In a lot of ways, the book is both my criticism of and love letter to horror. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" I think I got serious about writing in the late '90s. The first stuff I wrote was terrible and got rejected, but I started getting more encouraging rejection letters. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" 'A Head Full of Ghosts' was my first full horror novel, and that felt like coming home as a writer. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" The closer a horror story gets to the truth of things, the more affective it is going to be. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" I don't consciously sit down thinking I'm blurring genre lines, for the most part. I try to stay focused solely on serving the needs of the particular story on which I'm working. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" I was definitely a child of the '80s. Cable TV was new. I watched a ton of movies and a ton of TV. HBO would show the same movies over and over again, so I'd watch the same movies over and over again. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" I have to admit to being a music snob. I think, in a parallel universe, I pretty easily could have been Jack Black's character from 'High Fidelity,' working in a record store and snidely commenting on everyone's purchases. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" Chance, choice, and consequence are fundamental parts of existence and perfect fodder for a horror story - or any story, for that matter, that asks, 'How do you live through this? How does anyone live through this?' "

Paul G. Tremblay

" When it comes to actually writing the book/story, I work on a computer. I wish I could write longhand, but I can't. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" I've been a fan of horror and studying it for as long as I can remember. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" I became a reader - never mind a writer - because of Stephen King. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" When you trust your subconscious enough to put something in a story and then figure out why it really needed to be there later, when that works out, aye, that's the stuff. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" Marshmallows are kind of weird. I'm not a huge fan. I mean, they're fun when they get molten and melty at the end of a stick, but I always burn my mouth because I'm not all that smart or patient. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" If what needs to get done is going to get done, then I can't screw around with the luxury of writing rituals or waiting for pristine writing conditions to magically materialize. "

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" The response to 'A Head Full of Ghosts' has been amazing and thrilling. I'd be lying if I said I don't feel a little extra pressure trying to follow it up. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" Crime, horror, and satire each aim to reveal an ugly or uncomfortable truth: one that, after the reveal, will ensure we'll never be the same. The big difference between those genres being the effect they create. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" Horror is often about how we live in the liminal, whether we want to or not. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" While being a parent has been the most fulfilling experience of my life, it comes with a price. Besides the onslaught of worries and fears that can be paralyzing, more personally there is a struggle with identity, or the fear of loss or usurpsion of identity, if that makes sense. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" There's no objective reason anyone can point to that proves a horror story is innately inferior or that it's doomed to fail as a work of art because of it being horror. Anyone saying otherwise is being intellectually dishonest. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" 'The Cabin at the End of the World' is my riff on the 'home invasion' subgenre of horror/suspense. Hopefully it's a big, loud, dark riff. "

Paul G. Tremblay

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" How children attempt to deal with everyday comedies and tragedies, and mortality, is universal and ultimately such a large part of what it means to be human. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" The feeling of having no choice or no say is a fear of mine, partly because the idea of loosening oneself from the burden and responsibility of choice and consequence is so intoxicating. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" I was a good boy in high school , and I read for English class, and I vaguely remember reading, as a kid, 'Choose Your Own Adventure' stuff, but I didn't really read for pleasure. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' is excellent. I adore how the film is both grounded in realism and, at the same time, it has an ethereal, nightmarish atmosphere. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" I usually dread writing non-fiction. I don't feel comfortable or confident writing essays and the like. "

Paul G. Tremblay

" I'm a daydreamer - a purposeful one when I'm writing fiction. "

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" Any day in which I get writing done is ideal to me. "

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" My first book deal was for two Mark Genevich novels. I hadn't planned on writing a second Genevich novel, but I was contracted to do so, and so there I was being introduced as a crime writer. "

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" I want folks to take horror seriously. "

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" There are many talented and worthy writers engaging horror in new, imaginative, and yes, terrifying ways. "

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