I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very well.

Quote by Dean Koontz

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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...

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos.

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos.

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...

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....

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...

One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is that that he's the...

One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is that that he's the...

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it...

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it...

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians...

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians...

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.

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...

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 really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine...

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

My wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that...

My wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that...

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation...

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation...

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...