--- title: "Best Writer Quotes by Dean Koontz" description: "50 Writer quotes by Dean Koontz. Plus more from Dean Koontz and more Writer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/dean-koontz-118_inspirational_not-all-popular-novelists-are-good-but-a_834360.jpg" --- > [Not all popular novelists are good, but all good novelists are, sooner or later, popular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/not-all-popular-novelists-are-good-but-all-good-novelists-are-sooner/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/dean-koontz-118_inspirational_not-all-popular-novelists-are-good-but-a_834360.jpg) > [Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/literary-fiction-as-a-strict-genre-is-all-but-dead-meanwhile-most/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/dean-koontz-118_fiction_literary-fiction-as-a-strict-genre-is-al_606292.jpg) > [I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-don-t-write-a-quick-draft-and-then-revise-instead-i-work-slowly/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/dean-koontz-118_writing_i-don-t-write-a-quick-draft-and-then-rev_1297885.jpg) > [“Was the dividing line between life and fiction as hazy for other people as it was for a writer?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/was-the-dividing-line-between-life-and-fiction-as-hazy-for-other/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/174/dean-koontz-118_creative-writer_was-the-dividing-line-between-life-and-f_2411023.jpg) > [Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/books-were-this-wonderful-escape-for-me-because-i-could-open-a-book/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17f/dean-koontz-118_book_books-were-this-wonderful-escape-for-me_232925.jpg) > [If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that’s more than just entertainment-w hich is what we writers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/if-something-in-your-writing-gives-support-to-people-in-their-lives/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/dean-koontz-118_entertainment_if-something-in-your-writing-gives-suppo_2075380.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-ve-always-operated-with-a-great-deal-of-self-doubt-every-time-i/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/dean-koontz-118_book_i-ve-always-operated-with-a-great-deal-o_2521951.jpg) > [I have advice for new writers, first of all, at any time in the history of publishing in my experience, there will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-have-advice-for-new-writers-first-of-all-at-any-time-in-the-history/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/dean-koontz-118_advice_i-have-advice-for-new-writers-first-of-a_3218331.jpg) > [In a book, even the real bastards can't hurt you. And you can never loose a friend you make in a book.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/in-a-book-even-the-real-bastards-can-t-hurt-you-and-you-can-never/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/dean-koontz-118_book_in-a-book-even-the-real-bastards-can-t-h_221687.jpg) > [I love my editor, but that would be the definition of hell to me to live with someone and have them go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-love-my-editor-but-that-would-be-the-definition-of-hell-to-me-to/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4d/dean-koontz-118_cost_i-love-my-editor-but-that-would-be-the-d_2669999.jpg) ## Other authors on Writer - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-king-87054.jpg) Stephen King 229 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/stephen-king/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 197 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/neil-gaiman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ray-bradbury-77494.jpg) Ray Bradbury 180 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/ray-bradbury/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ernest-hemingway-33795.jpg) Ernest Hemingway 166 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/ernest-hemingway/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virginia-woolf-93906.jpg) Virginia Woolf 119 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/virginia-woolf/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anne-lamott-13804.jpg) Anne Lamott 114 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/anne-lamott/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 104 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/haruki-murakami/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 101 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 100 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/terry-pratchett/) - [Jarod Kintz 94 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-saunders-37966.jpg) George Saunders 90 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/george-saunders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alberto-manguel-10592.jpg) Alberto Manguel 87 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/alberto-manguel/) ## More by Dean Koontz > [“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/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“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/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [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/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [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/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“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/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“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/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“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/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“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/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“A madman should have a madman’s laugh, not the warm chuckle of a favorite uncle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/a-madman-should-have-a-madman-s-laugh-not-the-warm-chuckle-of-a/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“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/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“Nothing is predetermined for us, and yet all our possible choices are threads in the vast weave of things, so that we have free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/nothing-is-predetermined-for-us-and-yet-all-our-possible-choices-are/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“In fact, time teaches us that the musical score of life oscillates between that of Psycho and that of The Sound of Music, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/in-fact-time-teaches-us-that-the-musical-score-of-life-oscillates/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“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/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“Waiting is one of the things that humans beings cannot do well, though it is one of the essential things we must do successfully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/waiting-is-one-of-the-things-that-humans-beings-cannot-do-well-though/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/dogs-know-we-need-to-give-affection-as-much-as-they-need-to-receive/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/dean-koontz/#itemlist", "name": "Best Writer Quotes by Dean Koontz", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Not all popular novelists are good, but all good novelists are, sooner or later, popular.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dean Koontz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/not-all-popular-novelists-are-good-but-all-good-novelists-are-sooner/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/dean-koontz-118_inspirational_not-all-popular-novelists-are-good-but-a_834360.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/dean-koontz-118_inspirational_not-all-popular-novelists-are-good-but-a_834360.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/dean-koontz-118_inspirational_not-all-popular-novelists-are-good-but-a_834360.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Not all popular novelists are good, but all good novelists are, sooner or later, popular.” — Dean Koontz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. 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