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1959
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View All Citation Styles →Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.
Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural.
So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.
I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week.
A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted.
So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.
Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman.
Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.
Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms.
There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.
I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.