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born 1952 England
Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English playwright, author, film director, and visual artist. His novels include The Great and Secret Show, Weaveworld, and Imajica.
England Actors Film directors Film producers Novelists Also known as: Barker, Clive, Abarat, The Books of Abarat
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“Believe nothing,” Apolline advised. “This woman wouldn’t know the truth if it fucked her.”
Weaveworld (1987)
True joy is a profound remembering; and true grief the same.
Weaveworld (1987)
Non-fiction contains facts, fiction contains truth.
Life and wisdom. What more could anybody ask?
Weaveworld (1987)
What can be imagined—
Weaveworld (1987)
She told him she made a rule of never marrying bankers. The next day he sent flowers, and a note saying that he’d relinquished his profession.
Weaveworld (1987)
Perhaps there was a natural process at work here; a means by which the mind dealt with experiences that contradicted a lifetime’s prejudices about the nature of reality. People simple forgot.
Weaveworld (1987)
What the enemy believed of you was probably true, or else why were you enemies in the first place?
Weaveworld (1987)
Writing a book is like masturbation, and making a movie is like an orgy.
Godhood called, and he went, fleet-footed, to worship at his own altar.
Weaveworld (1987)
It was absurd and frustrating, to feel so much and know so little.
Weaveworld (1987)
“Don’t be sentimental,” he chided. “Memories aren’t enough.”
Weaveworld (1987)
I've held a brain in my hands, which is an extraordinary experience.
Suzanna didn’t wait for confirmation. There was no use disbelieving the worst now.
Weaveworld (1987)
There was such sanity in his voice; a politician’s sanity, as he sold his flock the wisdom of the bomb. This soulless certainty was more chilling than hysteria or malice.
Weaveworld (1987)
Life is short,
Every body is a book of blood;
The monsters act out our rage. They act on their worst impulses, which is appealing to a certain part of us. They get punished for it, but we've enjoyed the spectacle of their liberation.
As for theatre, there's ups and downs to everything. Theatre is ephemeral. But that is part of its charm because you can always say the production was better than it was.
So he believes. The truth may be more...complex.
Weaveworld (1987)
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