In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after a book is published, perhaps 5,000 letters… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I build a book the way coral reefs are built: millions of little calcareous skeletons piling up one atop another, though in… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
We never had books in the house. Not any book in our house. Not a Bible, not anything. So, I would go… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Hope requires the contender Who sees no virtue in surrender. From the cradle to the bier, The heart must persevere. —The Book… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
One of the underlying things I like to do in books, is just say, stop and look at this for a moment.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The mommy-porn genre currently sweeping the book industry and the Babylonian excess of most television shows probably fall within the historical norm… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Considering that the modern and contemporary literature taught in most universities is largely bleak, cynical, morbid, pessimistic, misanthropic dogmatism, often written by… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I am no theologian. I would not be surprised, however, if Heaven proved to be a cozy kitchen, where delicious treats appeared… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I've always operated with a great deal of self-doubt. Every time I start a new book it's like, well, this one will… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
But once an idea for a novel seizes a writer...well, it’s like an inner fire that at first warms you and makes… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
When I'm in the middle of a book it can go up from there. When you're putting in those hours, the real… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“She loved people, she said, especially those in books, which was largely how she knew them, but she declined to associate with… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Eventually, as my books became best-sellers, the nickels pile up and one day I was offered a substantial four-book deal that was… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“taught them that whether a piece of writing is a novel or a law, each person is the sole arbiter of what… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“I was learning how people were with one another, how they acted and reacted and interacted, what they said and how they… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“This kind of derangement is emblematic of humankind. Grave faults are said to be only eccentricities, and imperfections are routinely celebrated as mere differences… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“He often remembered his dad's admonition that envy was mental theft. If you coveted another man's possessions, Dad said, then you should be willing… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Her mother said that three great powers kept the universe going. The first and the strongest was God. Each of the two additional powers… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“I stopped keeping an eye out for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve because, when I was five, my mother told me that Santa was… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“To one degree or another, I have been happy most of my life, in part because the world has infinite charms if you wish… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“This life is just a bootcamp, to test and toughen us, to prepare us for the next life of service in some great adventure.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“A madman should have a madman’s laugh, not the warm chuckle of a favorite uncle.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Anger was a reliable defense, but one that allowed no chance of final victory. Anger was a medicine but never a cure, briefly numbing… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Nothing is predetermined for us, and yet all our possible choices are threads in the vast weave of things, so that we have free… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“In fact, time teaches us that the musical score of life oscillates between that of Psycho and that of The Sound of Music, with… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Some will accuse me of being judgmental. Thank you. And proud of it. You wreck a kid's life, I have no pity for you.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Waiting is one of the things that humans beings cannot do well, though it is one of the essential things we must do successfully… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Dogs know we need to give affection as much as they need to receive it. They were the first therapists; they've been in practice… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
