“Of course, the truth is that no one likes change. People in hell not only refuse to leave it, they invite you in, too. Even people who have blasted the other lives that touched their own blasted lives proudly declare… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Everyone wants to get better as they go along, but sometimes it's all you can do to stay consistent. — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
Close your mouth and get out of the way, because here comes Kelly Link, than whom no one is better. — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
God, in the orthodox view, causes famine, plague, and flood. Was God evil? Evil is a convenient fiction. — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
