Author: Peter Straub

Quotes

The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth.

The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth.

- Peter Straub

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

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

- Peter Straub

My first real breakthrough collided with the last months of Callaghan's Labour government, which had every intention of enjoying my success as much as I did.

My first real breakthrough collided with the last months of Callaghan's Labour government, which had every intention of enjoying my success as much as I did.

- Peter Straub

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

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

- Peter Straub

I believe I encountered death, which was a bit too much for a seven-year-old.

I believe I encountered death, which was a bit too much for a seven-year-old.

- Peter Straub

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through.

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through.

- 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. I knew it was going to work.

As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge of excitement. I knew it was going to work.

- Peter Straub

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary.

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary.

- Peter Straub

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