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27 Great Quotes By Robert Bloch That Will Open The Fiction World For You

Famous As: Writer

Born On: 1917

Died On: 1994

Born In: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Died At Age: 77

Robert Bloch was an American novelist, writer of short stories, fiction writer and screenwriter. He was a prolific writer since an early age and had written various articles for his school magazine. After graduating, he joined the writing group ‘The Milwaukee Fictioneers’ which had many famous writers. Here his talent was recognized which helped him get a job as a copywriter. He wrote a story on the fictional character, ‘Jack the Ripper’ which got published in a famous magazine and was also adapted by radio and television shows. This success encouraged him to write his first thriller novel ‘The Scarf’ followed by various other novels. Although he had tasted a bit of commercial success but his ‘The Psycho’ became a blockbuster novel. This was adapted into a movie which made Bloch instantly famous and helped him earn a fortune. The below collection of Robert Bloch’s quotations and sayings have been extracted from the vast sea of his writings. Read on the compilation of quotes and thoughts by Robert Bloch.

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Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.

Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.
Heart I
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The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.
Robert Bloch

I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.

I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.
Think I
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Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie.

Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie.
Robert Bloch

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
You Like
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Horror is the removal of masks.
Robert Bloch

So I had this problem -- work or starve. So I thought I'd combine the two and decided to become a writer.

So I had this problem -- work or starve. So I thought I'd combine the two and decided to become a writer.
I
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That's the way girls were--they always laughed. Because they were bitches.

That's the way girls were--they always laughed. Because they were bitches.
Robert Bloch

Magic--that's just a label, you know. Completely meaningless. It wasn't so very long ago that people were saying that electricity was magic.

Magic--that's just a label, you know. Completely meaningless. It wasn't so very long ago that people were saying that electricity was magic.
You
Robert Bloch

We're all not quite as sane as we pretend to be.

We're all not quite as sane as we pretend to be.
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We all go a little mad sometimes.
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I haven't had this much fun since the rats ate my baby sister

I haven't had this much fun since the rats ate my baby sister
I
Robert Bloch

Mothers sometimes are overly possessive, but not all children allow themselves to be possessed.

Mothers sometimes are overly possessive, but not all children allow themselves to be possessed.
Children
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I always carry a pistol when I go [to the New York Public Library]. Never did trust those stone lions.

I always carry a pistol when I go [to the New York Public Library]. Never did trust those stone lions.
Never I
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Forget the past, let the dead bury the dead. Things were working out fine, and that was the only thing he had to remember.

Forget the past, let the dead bury the dead. Things were working out fine, and that was the only thing he had to remember.
Past
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Norman Bates heard the noise and a shock went through him.

Norman Bates heard the noise and a shock went through him.
Robert Bloch

Norman Bates will never die...
Never Will
Robert Bloch

There's nothing to this telepathy business. It's all in the mind.

There's nothing to this telepathy business. It's all in the mind.
Business
Robert Bloch

A boy’s best friend is his mother.
Robert Bloch

The room was plainly but adequately furnished; she noted the shower stall in the bathroom beyond. Actually, she would have preferred a tub, but this would do.

The room was plainly but adequately furnished; she noted the shower stall in the bathroom beyond. Actually, she would have preferred a tub, but this would do.
Robert Bloch

Mary started to scream, and then the curtains parted further and a hand appeared, holding a butcher's knife. It was the knife that, a moment later, cut off her scream.

And her head.

Mary started to scream, and then the curtains parted further and a hand appeared, holding a butcher's knife. It was the knife that, a moment later, cut off her scream. And her head.
Robert Bloch

So much for modern science and its wonderful discoveries that just about everything can kill you. Life is only a bedtime story before a long, long sleep.

So much for modern science and its wonderful discoveries that just about everything can kill you. Life is only a bedtime story before a long, long sleep.
You Life
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The light shone down on his plump face, reflected from his rimless glasses, bathed the pinkness of his scalp beneath the thinning sandy hair as he bent his head to resume reading.

The light shone down on his plump face, reflected from his rimless glasses, bathed the pinkness of his scalp beneath the thinning sandy hair as he bent his head to resume reading.
Robert Bloch

Mother would be in real trouble right now.

Mother would be in real trouble right now.
Robert Bloch

And then, as he ripped back the shower curtains and stared down at the hacked and twisted thing sprawled on the floor of the stall, he realized that Mother had used her keys.

And then, as he ripped back the shower curtains and stared down at the hacked and twisted thing sprawled on the floor of the stall, he realized that Mother had used her keys.
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