Dean Koontz

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud. He was absolutely correct. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking at the world, that one form of behavior, is as valid as another. The idea of true evil has been blown away. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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What we do as a society is seek simple answers. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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When tempest tossed, embrace chaos. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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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

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Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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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

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If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn't, maybe you need a different publisher. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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