If it doesn't make you sweat, it's not worth it. If it's not hard to get, why go for it? Nancy A. Collins More Quotes by Nancy A. Collins More Quotes From Nancy A. Collins My after forty face felt far more comfortable than anything I lived with previously. Nancy A. Collins forty felt faces Sleep: the stepchild of Death. Nancy A. Collins stepchild sleep My after forty face felt far more comfortable than anything I lived with previously. Self-confidence was a powerful beauty-potion; I looked better because I felt better. Failure and grief as well as success and love had served me well. Finally, I was tapping into that most hard-won of your dews: wisdom. Nancy A. Collins powerful grief wisdom Horror serves a cathartic role in human society, all throughout the world. It is a way of confronting the darkness, both within and without. Nancy A. Collins society darkness way world If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive. Nancy A. Collins stay your you love I'm very excited about taking over the reins on Vampirella. I've really been enjoying myself so far. Nancy A. Collins far over myself excited I cannot sing Vampirella artist Patrick Berkenkotter's praises loudly or often enough. Nancy A. Collins sing cannot artist enough The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in. Nancy A. Collins judge you culture school One of the things that may appeal to teenagers is that vampires never change - they're frozen in that age. Nancy A. Collins never things change age I became a horror fan during the early 1960s, back when Hammer was putting out their groundbreaking 'Dracula' series with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, and grew up watching 'Dark Shadows.' Nancy A. Collins shadows watching back dark Vampires are handy characters, as they can do double duty as monster/villains and the classic, misunderstood romantic hero. Nancy A. Collins classic duty hero romantic I've been writing in some way, shape, or form for as long as I can remember. Nancy A. Collins i-can remember long way The best advice I got as a writer was also the first advice, which came from the late fantasy author and editor Karl Edward Wagner: Any agent who charges to look at your work is a crook. Nancy A. Collins best look fantasy work Back when I was growing up, getting caught with a copy of 'Creepy,' 'Eerie' or 'Vampirella' was almost as bad as your parents finding out you were reading 'Playboy.' Nancy A. Collins parents bad you reading I know about various fictional and folkloric vampire mythoses the way other people know about the personal life of celebrities. Nancy A. Collins know life people way Personally, I don't trust people who go out of their way to state they never read or watch horror and insist there's something wrong with those of us who do. Nancy A. Collins never trust people way
