T. E. D. Klein quotes

Horror, let's face it, is basically pretty dumb. You're writing about events that are preposterous, and the trick is to dress them up in language so compelling that the reader doesn't care.
-- T. E. D. Klein

#Writing #Dumb #Dresses

Imagine (if you dare) a whimsical marriage of Lord Dunsany and S.J. Perelman, and you have something approaching the tales of Rhys Hughes, filled with gaudy colour, slapstick, puns, fantastic creatures, and the occasional unexpected chill. Hughes' world is a magical one - and his language if the most magical thing of all.
-- T. E. D. Klein

#World #Unexpected #Chill

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.

I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.

Life is short ... so why waste it doing something dumb?

I've worn a dress at my wedding. I've worn 6-inch Louboutins. I've got no fear and no shame.

Dreams dress us carefully in the colors of power and faith.

I'm fanatical about movies: African, European, Viking, Roman. I got into witchcraft and magic from watching 'Bewitched' and 'The Wizard of Oz,' which shows in some of my outfits. I dress to reflect the whole spectrum of the universe.

I dress like a tomboy.

I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'

There is an atmosphere of well-sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clothes. Away with it!