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.

Quote by Dean Koontz

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

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

If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of,...

If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of,...

Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true...

Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true...

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by...

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by...

We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great...

We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great...

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

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

Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud....

Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud....

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.

I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it...

I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it...

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every...

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every...

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an...

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an...

Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to...

Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to...

Never, never try to scope the market.

Never, never try to scope the market.

Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and...

Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and...

If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than...

If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than...

In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If...

In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If...

I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down...

I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down...