Birth Quote by Peter Straub

I had a connoisseur's... appreciation of fear.

— Peter Straub

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

An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm.

— Peter Straub

However, I think I managed to reach a new level with Koko, and I will always be grateful for the experience.

— Peter Straub

Everyone wants to get better as they go along, but sometimes it's all you can do to stay consistent.

— Peter Straub

Each new book is a tremendous challenge.

— Peter Straub

Close your mouth and get out of the way, because here comes Kelly Link, than whom no one is better.

— Peter Straub

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

“Human beings across every culture I know about require such stories, stories with cool winds and wood smoke. They speak to something deep within…

— Peter Straub

God, in the orthodox view, causes famine, plague, and flood. Was God evil? Evil is a convenient fiction.

— Peter Straub

The world is full of ghosts, and some of them are still people.

— Peter Straub

“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