Clive Barker Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work.

Gather experience... Look at what you should not look at. A feeling of anxiety is the sure and certain evidence that you should do this.

I have the normal complement of anxieties, neuroses, psychoses and whatever else - but I'm absolutely nothing special.

I wrote none of these books. I made none of these films. Nor drew the drawings, nor opined at such length on death, sex and the human condition.

I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die - it's a major offence.

I've never worked where it was hard to be gay. Besides, being gay is a spectacular irrelevance to getting on with your life.

It is great good health to believe, as the Hindus do, that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world. It is great good health to want to understand one's dreams. It is great good health to desire the ambiguous and paradoxical.

My imagination is my polestar; I steer by that.

Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs.

You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave.

Trivia

In 1988, Clive won the Critics' Award for: Hellraiser (1987) at Fantasporto.

In 1991, Clive was nominated for the the International Fantasy Film Award for Best Film for: Nightbreed (1990) at Fantasporto.

In 1991, Clive won the Critics' Award for: Nightbreed (1990) at Fantasporto.

In 1991, Clive was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Director for: Nightbreed (1990).