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

Quote by Dean Koontz

Topics: Dean Koontz Quotes

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos

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.

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....

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos.

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos.

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....

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...

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.

Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I...

Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I...

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...

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.

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...

Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil...

Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil...

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 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...

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me...

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me...

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...

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...

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 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 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...