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> [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 I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/my-first-real-breakthrough-collided-with-the-last-months-of-callaghan/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

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## More by Peter Straub

> [I had a connoisseur's... appreciation of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/i-had-a-connoisseur-s-appreciation-of-fear/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge of excitement.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/as-soon-as-i-started-writing-julia-by-which-i-mean-while-writing-its/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/an-average-working-day-begins-at-8-or-9-am-includes-an-hour-for-lunch/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [However, I think I managed to reach a new level with Koko, and I will always be grateful for the experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/however-i-think-i-managed-to-reach-a-new-level-with-koko-and-i-will/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [Everyone wants to get better as they go along, but sometimes it's all you can do to stay consistent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/everyone-wants-to-get-better-as-they-go-along-but-sometimes-it-s-all/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [Each new book is a tremendous challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/each-new-book-is-a-tremendous-challenge/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [Close your mouth and get out of the way, because here comes Kelly Link, than whom no one is better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/close-your-mouth-and-get-out-of-the-way-because-here-comes-kelly-link/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/on-gym-days-i-don-t-get-to-my-desk-until-4-in-the-afternoon-and/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [“Human beings across every culture I know about require such stories, stories with cool winds and wood smoke. They speak to something deep within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/human-beings-across-every-culture-i-know-about-require-such-stories/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [God, in the orthodox view, causes famine, plague, and flood. Was God evil? Evil is a convenient fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/god-in-the-orthodox-view-causes-famine-plague-and-flood-was-god-evil/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [The world is full of ghosts, and some of them are still people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/the-world-is-full-of-ghosts-and-some-of-them-are-still-people/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/i-know-this-doesn-t-make-sense-but-if-we-ever-did-this-before-exactly/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [“It was incomprehensible to Ricky that anyone could find Milburn boring: if you watched it closely for seventy years, you saw the century at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/it-was-incomprehensible-to-ricky-that-anyone-could-find-milburn/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/my-first-real-breakthrough-collided-with-the-last-months-of-callaghan/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

> [These days, there are a great many books about childhood trauma and its effects, but at the time all the experts agreed that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/these-days-there-are-a-great-many-books-about-childhood-trauma-and/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

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