I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time. — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
“She thought, instead, with longing of more books—of buying books—of slipping into a narrative of other people’s lives. That was release.” — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
“I don’t shy from writing about incredibly unpleasant, distressing things. And I get a kick out of it I confess. I like… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
Every writer must acknowledge and be able to handle the unalterable fact that he has, in effect, given himself a life sentence… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
I wish I could go back and re-write my first novel for the first time. Because I really didn't know what I… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
I almost always write everything the way it comes out, except I tend much more to take things out rather than put… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
I always think about the books I'm doing in pretty much the same way. I'm simply trying to write that particular novel… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
You cannot overestimate the role of intuition in fiction writing. Or the role of accident or randomness. These things are very central.… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge of excitement.… — Peter Straub Copy Share
An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm. — Peter Straub Copy Share
However, I think I managed to reach a new level with Koko, and I will always be grateful for the experience. — Peter Straub Copy Share
Everyone wants to get better as they go along, but sometimes it's all you can do to stay consistent. — Peter Straub Copy Share
Close your mouth and get out of the way, because here comes Kelly Link, than whom no one is better. — Peter Straub Copy Share
On gym days, I don't get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid… — Peter Straub Copy Share
“Human beings across every culture I know about require such stories, stories with cool winds and wood smoke. They speak to something deep within… — Peter Straub Copy Share
God, in the orthodox view, causes famine, plague, and flood. Was God evil? Evil is a convenient fiction. — Peter Straub Copy Share
“I know this doesn't make sense, but if we ever did this before, exactly this, with you sitting over there and me here, in… — Peter Straub Copy Share
“It was incomprehensible to Ricky that anyone could find Milburn boring: if you watched it closely for seventy years, you saw the century at… — Peter Straub Copy Share
My first real breakthrough collided with the last months of Callaghan's Labour government, which had every intention of enjoying my success as much as… — Peter Straub Copy Share
These days, there are a great many books about childhood trauma and its effects, but at the time all the experts agreed that one… — Peter Straub Copy Share
