--- title: "1 Writing Said Quotes By Jonathan Kellerman" description: "1 Writing Said quotes by Jonathan Kellerman. Plus more from Jonathan Kellerman and more Writing Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/jonathan-kellerman-10226_chews_the-key-to-excellent-report-writing-he-s_2559560.png" --- > [“The key to excellent report writing' he said between chews, 'is to take every bit of passion out of it. Use an extra heaping portion of superflously extraneous tautological redundancies in order to make it mind-numbingly boring. So that when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/the-key-to-excellent-report-writing-he-said-between-chews-is-to-take/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/jonathan-kellerman-10226_chews_the-key-to-excellent-report-writing-he-s_2559560.png) ## More by Jonathan Kellerman > [“Too many cases thrown out of court, too much pop-psycho crap, satanic bullshit... if you FEEL you've been abused, you HAVE been!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/too-many-cases-thrown-out-of-court-too-much-pop-psycho-crap-satanic/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [“Her basic disposition was a good deal sunnier than mine. But I was a better faker.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/her-basic-disposition-was-a-good-deal-sunnier-than-mine-but-i-was-a/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [Whatever fame a novelist my attain, it's always kind of an anonymous one. I can go anywhere, and no one knows who I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/whatever-fame-a-novelist-my-attain-it-s-always-kind-of-an-anonymous/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [“Just another obscenity, human flesh turned to trash. I never got used to it. Each time I encountered it, I craved faith in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/just-another-obscenity-human-flesh-turned-to-trash-i-never-got-used/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [At first, when a child meets something that scares him, the fear grows, like a wave. But when he goes into the water and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/at-first-when-a-child-meets-something-that-scares-him-the-fear-grows/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [“He’s a minister. Seems nice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/he-s-a-minister-seems-nice/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [“making the best of a bad situation is the heart of creativity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/making-the-best-of-a-bad-situation-is-the-heart-of-creativity/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [“Assholes are like weeds, a bitch to get rid of and when you do another one grows back in its place.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/assholes-are-like-weeds-a-bitch-to-get-rid-of-and-when-you-do-another/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [“Maybe we're just prisoners of our biology.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/maybe-we-re-just-prisoners-of-our-biology/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [We tend to read each other's books in sizeable chunks as they are written. I don't know that you could say we are ruthless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/we-tend-to-read-each-other-s-books-in-sizeable-chunks-as-they-are/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [Therapist’s dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/therapist-s-dilemma-those-who-need-help-the-most-run-the-farthest/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/time-spent-researching-varies-from-book-to-book-some-novels-require/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [“I'll buy lunch." "Not Hungry." I laughed. He said, "I can't stand when you do that." "Do what?" "Assume I'm ruled by my digestive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/i-ll-buy-lunch-not-hungry-i-laughed-he-said-i-can-t-stand-when-you-do/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [“The symptoms of madness can often be altered with medication, but there's no therapy for evil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/the-symptoms-of-madness-can-often-be-altered-with-medication-but/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) > [“a reason why not. And—and, let’s pretend”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/a-reason-why-not-and-and-let-s-pretend/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-said/jonathan-kellerman/#itemlist", "name": "1 Writing Said Quotes By Jonathan Kellerman", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The key to excellent report writing' he said between chews, 'is to take every bit of passion out of it. Use an extra heaping portion of superflously extraneous tautological redundancies in order to make it mind-numbingly boring. 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