Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by James Herbert

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English writer James Herbert.

Last updated on April 20, 2025.

James John Herbert, OBE was an English horror writer. A full-time writer, he also designed his own book covers and publicity. His books have sold 54 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 34 languages, including Chinese and Russian.

English - Writer | April 8, 1943 - March 20, 2013

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I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were market traders and worked seven days a week.

James Herbert

I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

James Herbert

I've actually seen a ghost, so I know they're really around.

James Herbert

I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.

James Herbert

I worry about the many things that could happen to the people I love.

James Herbert

For me, a good friend is someone you might only see once or twice a year but each time it feels as though you've just seen them last week.

James Herbert

I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.

James Herbert

I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.

James Herbert

I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.

James Herbert

I've always loved comic books. As a kid, I used to read cowboy stories and historical comics about other worlds, unknown places that would take me out of myself and which helped to develop my imagination.

James Herbert

I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.

James Herbert

I've always suffered from being labelled a horror writer - just because I didn't go to university, just because I still talk in my natural voice, just because I'm not as articulate as Martin Amis.

James Herbert

Drip, drip, the rain comes falling, Rain in the woods, rain on the sea; Even the little waves, beaten, come crawling As if to find shelter here with me.

James Herbert

Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians.

James Herbert

To be haunted is to glimpse a truth that might best be hidden.

James Herbert