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title: "50 Writer Quotes By Dean Koontz"
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> [“Who would chew up a bunch of books?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/who-would-chew-up-a-bunch-of-books/)

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> [Books are packaged dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/books-are-packaged-dreams/)

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> [“We are fictioneers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/we-are-fictioneers/)

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> [The desire to write well can never be fulfilled without hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/the-desire-to-write-well-can-never-be-fulfilled-without-hard-work/)

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> [If you write with passion in your own style, you will make a place for yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/if-you-write-with-passion-in-your-own-style-you-will-make-a-place-for/)

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> [Books showed me that there were other ways to live a life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/books-showed-me-that-there-were-other-ways-to-live-a-life/)

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> [I work on one page, revising and polishing until I can't make it better, then move on to the next. Some pages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-work-on-one-page-revising-and-polishing-until-i-can-t-make-it/)

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> [I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-do-give-books-as-gifts-sometimes-when-people-would-rather-have-one/)

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> [Sometimes many publishers prefer that you write the same book every time, but I have a low boredom threshold so that isn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/sometimes-many-publishers-prefer-that-you-write-the-same-book-every/)

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> [There's still a fascination with somebody who can write at book length, no matter what the book is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/there-s-still-a-fascination-with-somebody-who-can-write-at-book/)

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> [You can't always win arguments as a writer, but you have to just go ahead and say, well, I'm doing it that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/you-can-t-always-win-arguments-as-a-writer-but-you-have-to-just-go/)

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> [I can't go on to page two until I can get page one as perfect as I can make it. That might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-can-t-go-on-to-page-two-until-i-can-get-page-one-as-perfect-as-i/)

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> [“Sometimes I think there may be more truth in fiction than in real life. Or at least truth condensed so that it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/sometimes-i-think-there-may-be-more-truth-in-fiction-than-in-real/)

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> [Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it's like making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/writing-a-novel-is-like-making-love-but-it-s-also-like-having-a-tooth/)

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> [“A body of work, therefore, reveals the intellectual and emotional progress of the writer, and is a map of his soul. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/a-body-of-work-therefore-reveals-the-intellectual-and-emotional/)

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> [I kind of build a novel the way marine polyps build a coral reef, it's millions and millions of little precarious bodies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-kind-of-build-a-novel-the-way-marine-polyps-build-a-coral-reef-it-s/)

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> [I don't procrastinate because I love the English language and the process of storytelling, and I'm always curious to see what will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-don-t-procrastinate-because-i-love-the-english-language-and-the/)

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> [“The way Winny saw it, the best thing and the worst thing were the same thing: nothing lasted ... what to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/the-way-winny-saw-it-the-best-thing-and-the-worst-thing-were-the-same-2/)

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> [I have more self-doubt than any writer I've ever known… The positive aspect of self-doubt - if you can channel it into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-have-more-self-doubt-than-any-writer-i-ve-ever-known-the-positive/)

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> [... one of those librarians who rules the stacks with an intimidating scowl, whispers quiet sharply enough to lacerate the tender inner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/one-of-those-librarians-who-rules-the-stacks-with-an-intimidating/)

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> [“say, “Sometimes I think there may be more truth in fiction than in real life. Or at least truth condensed so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/say-sometimes-i-think-there-may-be-more-truth-in-fiction-than-in-real/)

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> [But once an idea for a novel seizes a writer...well, it’s like an inner fire that at first warms you and makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/but-once-an-idea-for-a-novel-seizes-a-writer-well-it-s-like-an-inner/)

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> [If I had to write a rough draft, all the way through and then go back and start over, I probably would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/if-i-had-to-write-a-rough-draft-all-the-way-through-and-then-go-back/)

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> [Billy Pilgrim had a theory about diaries. Women were more likely than men to think that their lives had sufficient meaning to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/billy-pilgrim-had-a-theory-about-diaries-women-were-more-likely-than/)

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> [Authors of so-called 'literary' fiction insist that action, like plot, is vulgar and unworthy of a true artist. Don't pay any attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/authors-of-so-called-literary-fiction-insist-that-action-like-plot-is/)

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> [It may sound strange, but when you're a kid and you're in that environment, for some reason for a long time you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/it-may-sound-strange-but-when-you-re-a-kid-and-you-re-in-that/)

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> [Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/truth-is-always-stranger-than-fiction-we-craft-fiction-to-match-our/)

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> [If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn't, maybe you need a different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/if-you-want-to-publish-two-books-a-year-under-your-own-name-and-your/)

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> [Writing isn't a source of pain. It's psychic chemotherapy. It reduces your psychological tumors and relieves your pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/writing-isn-t-a-source-of-pain-it-s-psychic-chemotherapy-it-reduces/)

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> [I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-ve-got-a-long-list-of-books-i-wish-i-d-never-written-and-i-ve-kept/)

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> [I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-think-it-s-the-people-who-have-no-doubt-that-every-word-they-put/)

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> [Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but I get as many as six or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/some-days-i-m-lucky-to-squeeze-out-a-page-of-copy-that-pleases-me-but/)

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> [I build a book the way coral reefs are built: millions of little calcareous skeletons piling up one atop another, though in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-build-a-book-the-way-coral-reefs-are-built-millions-of-little/)

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> [We never had books in the house. Not any book in our house. Not a Bible, not anything. So, I would go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/we-never-had-books-in-the-house-not-any-book-in-our-house-not-a-bible/)

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> [Every writer has his own voice. Other than that I'm always trying to do change-ups and publishers haven't always been happy about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/every-writer-has-his-own-voice-other-than-that-i-m-always-trying-to/)

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> [If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/if-something-in-your-writing-gives-support-to-people-in-their-lives-2/)

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> [Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud. He was absolutely correct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/vladimir-nabokov-said-the-two-great-evils-of-the-20th-century-were/)

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> [As much as I've produced it looks to people like I must have written quickly, but it isn't that - because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/as-much-as-i-ve-produced-it-looks-to-people-like-i-must-have-written/)

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> [I always thought happiness was a choice and I always chose things that made me happy, and books were one of those.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-always-thought-happiness-was-a-choice-and-i-always-chose-things/)

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> [If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/if-you-have-to-pay-the-bills-and-you-write-something-you-re-not-proud/)

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> [“This kind of derangement is emblematic of humankind. Grave faults are said to be only eccentricities, and imperfections are routinely celebrated as mere differences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/this-kind-of-derangement-is-emblematic-of-humankind-grave-faults-are/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/he-often-remembered-his-dad-s-admonition-that-envy-was-mental-theft/)

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> [But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/but-victimhood-was-seductive-a-release-from-responsibility-and-caring/)

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> [What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/what-really-holds-their-marriage-together-are-mutual-respect-of-an/)

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> [“Her mother said that three great powers kept the universe going. The first and the strongest was God. Each of the two additional powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/her-mother-said-that-three-great-powers-kept-the-universe-going-the/)

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> [“I stopped keeping an eye out for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve because, when I was five, my mother told me that Santa was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-stopped-keeping-an-eye-out-for-santa-claus-on-christmas-eve-because/)

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> [“To one degree or another, I have been happy most of my life, in part because the world has infinite charms if you wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/to-one-degree-or-another-i-have-been-happy-most-of-my-life-in-part/)

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> [“This life is just a bootcamp, to test and toughen us, to prepare us for the next life of service in some great adventure.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/this-life-is-just-a-bootcamp-to-test-and-toughen-us-to-prepare-us-for/)

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> [“Anger was a reliable defense, but one that allowed no chance of final victory. Anger was a medicine but never a cure, briefly numbing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/anger-was-a-reliable-defense-but-one-that-allowed-no-chance-of-final/)

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> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/some-will-accuse-me-of-being-judgmental-thank-you-and-proud-of-it-you/)

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