I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because I love it! – Isabel Allende
I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at ‘The Times.’ – Jayson Blair
Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physical resurrection or casting out demons from an epileptic. – Lionel Blue
Through music I either tame my demons or unleash them and allow them to be what they are. I don’t want the music to be about provocation, I want the music to bring you to a place where you feel at home. – Michael Franti
I think Phil Dick was particularly interesting in that, first of all, he was a very modern man and a very modern thinker, but I don’t know what demons drove him. – Ridley Scott
I’ve been obsessed with demons since reading ‘The Elfstones of Shannara’ and ‘Master of the Five Magics’ by Lyndon Hardy. – Peter V. Brett
The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don’t really know what they are or where they are. They’re not very well understood. You don’t know what they want from you. So it’s the kind of thing you don’t even know how to defend yourself against. Anything that’s unknown and mysterious is very scary. – Oren Peli
I’m not really a sequel guy. I did ‘Angels & Demons’ after ‘The Da Vinci Code,’ because I like working with Hanks, and I felt it was a really different sort of world that we were visiting. That was, of itself, interesting. – Ron Howard
Sometimes you have to confront your demons and sometimes even let them loose to genuinely find a place where you can gain some understanding. – Peter Mullan
You’re always searching for the thing to heal you, and I thought therapy would give me that. But it didn’t – it just helps you recognize your demons. – Rick Springfield
Angels, demons, spirits, wizards, gods and witches have peppered folk religions since mankind first started telling stories. – Robin Marantz Henig
We’re much more controlled now. We were kids back then, we each had our own demons. It was insanity. – Peter Criss
There have been times in my life that I’ve had a ton of vices, and my demons have run amok for years and years and years. – Ron White
Gelsey Kirkland has had more than her share of demons, as her two distressing memoirs – and her violently checkered career – attest. – Robert Gottlieb
Gerald Ford brought to the political arena no demons, no hidden agenda, no hit list or acts of vengeance. He knew who he was, and he didn’t require consultants or gurus to change him. – Tom Brokaw
Demons manifest themselves in people in different ways. For instance, out of nowhere, somebody can become very angry for no reason. That’s not just an emotion. That’s a demon. – Stephen Baldwin
