Dennis Etchison quotes

Dennis Etchison quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Halloween was banned in Haddonfield and I think that the basic idea was that if you tried to suppress something, it would only rear its head more strongly. By the very [attempt] of trying to erase the memory of Michael Myers, [the teenagers] were going to ironically bring him back into existence.”
-- Dennis Etchison

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“American Morons is the work of an original. Like Hitchcock or Ramsey Campbell, the style is precise, alert, and well-mannered, inviting us to enter Hirshberg's private world so that he may lock the door behind us. If there is anyone in contemporary fiction worth watching, it is Glen Hirshberg.”
-- Dennis Etchison

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“It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.”
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”
“It was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory.”
“I actually have a stash of wigs for Halloween. But only for that. Not to play dress-up.”

Source : "AGENT ORANGE: Sleepover Star Alexa Vega Talks About Her New Movie!". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. July 9, 2004.
“Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there.”
“It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.”
“'Tis the night - the night Of the grave's delight...”
“No matter where you are or where you grow up, you always go through the same awkward moments of being a teenager and growing up and trying to figure out who you are.”

Source : "Jackson Rathbone and Aimee Teegarden Interview AIM HIGH". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 17, 2011.
“When I was a teenager, if you'd asked me, I would have said I was in a relationship with New York City. It was my first real love.”
“As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain.”

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