Dean Koontz

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it's like making love while having a tooth pulled. ”

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love. ”

I believe that I was a dog in a past life. That's the only thing that would explain why I like to snack on Purina Dog Chow. ”

In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience. ”

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life. ”

Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life. ”

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics. ”

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool. ”

I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others. ”

I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very well. ”