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!”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Her basic disposition was a good deal sunnier than mine. But I was a better faker.”

— 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…

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Just another obscenity, human flesh turned to trash. I never got used to it. Each time I encountered it, I craved faith…

— Jonathan Kellerman

At first, when a child meets something that scares him, the fear grows, like a wave. But when he goes into the…

— Jonathan Kellerman

“He’s a minister. Seems nice.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“making the best of a bad situation is the heart of creativity.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Assholes are like weeds, a bitch to get rid of and when you do another one grows back in its place.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Maybe we're just prisoners of our biology.”

— 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…

— Jonathan Kellerman

Therapist’s dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.

— Jonathan Kellerman

Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to…

— 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…

— Jonathan Kellerman

“The symptoms of madness can often be altered with medication, but there's no therapy for evil.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“a reason why not. And—and, let’s pretend”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Others declare good intentions”

— Jonathan Kellerman

I would never have been a novelist without working as a psychologist...it was a great education in human nature.

— Jonathan Kellerman

These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. It's like meeting old friends. I…

— Jonathan Kellerman

His experience and training should have taught him that families are the cauldrons in which violence is brewed. (144)

— Jonathan Kellerman

“It was shaping up as a beautiful morning. The last thing I wanted to hear about was murder.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Creighton tried to smile again. The result fit him like panty hose on a mastiff.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

I spent the first few years of my life in a smallish community in Queens. Back in those early days, kids could…

— Jonathan Kellerman

Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This…

— Jonathan Kellerman

“A good chunk of my life had been spent sorting out the scrambled communications, festering hostilities, and frozen affections that characterized families…

— Jonathan Kellerman

I don't practice, but I am still officially in paediatrics. I keep in touch with journals, and I have a very good…

— Jonathan Kellerman