Nobody is surprised that women writers accurately represent male characters over and over again, no doubt because everybody knows that women understand men much better than vice-versa. — 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 us, the capacity to conceptualize, objectify and find patterns, thereby to create the flow of events and perceptions that find perfect expression in fiction. We are built this way, we create stories by reflex, unstoppably. But… — 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 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
