A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.

Quote by Dean Koontz

Topics: Dean Koontz Quotes

Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.

Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.

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

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

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...

If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your...

If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your...

Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner...

Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner...

We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking...

We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking...

Never, never try to scope the market.

Never, never try to scope the market.

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the...

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the...

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...

Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre,...

Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre,...

A fanatic is a nut who has something to believe in.

A fanatic is a nut who has something to believe in.

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no...

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no...

Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind.

Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind.

I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on...

I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on...

I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and...

I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and...

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...

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

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

If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale...

If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale...

If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it.

If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it.

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

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