If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that.

Quote by Dean Koontz

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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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,...

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....

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...

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.

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....

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college......

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college......

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a...

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a...