Andrew Pyper quotes

We need to kind of refresh our fear in order to refresh our understanding of how a safe place works. (Andrew Pyper)
Monsters just outside our peripheral vision are scarier to contemplate than monsters miles away or in someplace only a fool would set foot in. View quote
Andrew Pyper
Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes ones fear, but the human being who has contact with it. View quote
Andrew Pyper
Psychological horror is more interesting to me than the explicitly physical. View quote
Andrew Pyper
I enjoy a special collegiality among other writers in the thriller community. They call me 'Canada's scariest writer,' and I love that. View quote
Andrew Pyper
There's something in human nature that says we need to have at least one symbolic place where chaos and dark desires can live. View quote
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I just hated the law. I wasn't cut out for it. I couldn't imagine spending my life doing that, so I quit before I began. View quote
Andrew Pyper
To make the reader afraid, I had to be afraid. View quote
Andrew Pyper
Sometimes people close a door because they're trying to figure out a way to get you to knock. View quote
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If the hairs on my neck stand up while Im writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock. View quote
Andrew Pyper

Andrew Pyper

Andrew Pyper - Image
Photo: Dan Harasymchuk, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: Canadian Author
Born: January 4, 1968
Died: January 3, 2025
Quotes count: 10

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