Jonathan Kellerman

“Siblings are thrown together by chance. Anything from love to hate can follow.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

All of us are like locks. No matter how strong the bolt, there’s always a key out there that opens it.

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Freckles of blue sky sparked through the green-black of old growth.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Nice concept. -What is? -Retreating. Getting away from the grind. -Oh, you never do. You just change gears.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Her basic disposition was a good deal sunnier than mine. But I was a better faker.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“If you ask me, psychopaths are more talented than the rest of us... but they're still fucking psychopaths.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“making the best of a bad situation is the heart of creativity.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God.

— Jonathan Kellerman

The key to this collaboration - which we undertook after much deliberation - was to stretch creatively. New characters, new locales, new…

— Jonathan Kellerman

That's what's so great about my job. I get paid to do what got me in trouble in grade school space out…

— Jonathan Kellerman

Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to…

— Jonathan Kellerman

Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This…

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Through the anger came something I recognized; the sadness that can result from too many years absorbing the poison of others. -…

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Grace is false, and beauty is vain. A woman who fears God—she is praised. Give to her of the fruit of her…

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Pessimism is not good for the soul." "I sold my soul years ago." "To whom?" "The bitch goddess Success. She cut town…

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Just another obscenity, human flesh turned to trash. I never got used to it. Each time I encountered it, I craved faith…

— Jonathan Kellerman

The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up.

— Jonathan Kellerman

“They say you don’t grow up until you lose your parents. Frankly, I’d prefer to be immature.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

I would never have been a novelist without working as a psychologist...it was a great education in human nature.

— Jonathan Kellerman

His experience and training should have taught him that families are the cauldrons in which violence is brewed. (144)

— Jonathan Kellerman

“It was shaping up as a beautiful morning. The last thing I wanted to hear about was murder.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Romero’s shirt. Spike’s head was out the window, tilted up at the cloudless sky.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

Therapist’s dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.

— Jonathan Kellerman

“A certificate declared the fare BEST BREAKFAST IN TRUCKEE 1994. In celebration of this achievement, the bathroom hadn’t been cleaned since.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

It didn't feel difficult at the time because I was so charged up about both books. Afterward, however, I was pretty tired.…

— Jonathan Kellerman

That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many…

— Jonathan Kellerman

We tend to read each other's books in sizeable chunks as they are written. I don't know that you could say we…

— Jonathan Kellerman