Stephen Graham Jones Quotes

The way humor's usually used in horror, it's as a pressure-release valve; without it, the drama would escalate out of all control almost immediately.

Stephen Graham Jones

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• The way humor's usually used in horror, it's as a pressure-release valve; without it, the drama would escalate out of all control almost immediately.

  

  Stephen Graham Jones
  • Control
  • Humor
  • Horror