Author: Dean Koontz

Quotes

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.

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.

- Dean Koontz

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.

- Dean Koontz

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

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

- Dean Koontz

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.

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.

- Dean Koontz

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.

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.

- Dean Koontz

In my personal life, I'm a comic novel. But then, so are we all, because we're human beings.

In my personal life, I'm a comic novel. But then, so are we all, because we're human beings.

- Dean Koontz

I think it's perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not based on race or religion.

I think it's perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not based on race or religion.

- Dean Koontz

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society.

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society.

- Dean Koontz

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.

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.

- Dean Koontz

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