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

Quote by Dean Koontz

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I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them...

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them...

I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after...

I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after...

Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like...

Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like...

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.

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...

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...

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for...

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for...

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

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

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.

Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but...

Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but...

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...

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...

I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many...

I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many...

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...

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...

Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear...

Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear...

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...

I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a...

I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a...

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.