I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari. Dean Koontz More Quotes by Dean Koontz More Quotes From Dean Koontz I am no theologian. I would not be surprised, however, if Heaven proved to be a cozy kitchen, where delicious treats appeared in the oven and in the refrigerator whenever you wanted them, and where the cupboards were full of good books. Dean Koontz kitchenheavenbook If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that’s more than just entertainment-w hich is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people. Dean Koontz strugglewritingpeople Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid. Dean Koontz housekidsbook She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells. Dean Koontz powderspellspowerful Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life. Dean Koontz realevilbook I admit to having an imagination feverish enough to melt good judgment. Dean Koontz judgmentimaginationinspirational In this world only the paranoid survive. Dean Koontz this-worldwiseworld There are no explanations for human evil. Only excuses. Dean Koontz explanationexcuseevil He said, if you allow yourself to be enchanted by the beauty to be seen in even ordinary things, then all things proved to be extraordinary. Dean Koontz enchantedsaidordinary Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text. Dean Koontz mindheartneeds Lies hurt people; imagination makes life more fun. Dean Koontz hurtfunlying Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story, of character, of empathetic involvement. Dean Koontz empathycharacterlong Authors of so-called 'literary' fiction insist that action, like plot, is vulgar and unworthy of a true artist. Don't pay any attention to misguided advice of that sort. If you do, you will very likely starve trying to live on your writing income. Besides, the only writers who survive the ages are those who understand the need for action in a novel. Dean Koontz artistwritingadvice The most identifying trait of humanity is our abilty to be inhumane to one another. Dean Koontz inhumaneodd-thomashumanity But once an idea for a novel seizes a writer...well, it’s like an inner fire that at first warms you and makes you feel good but then begins to eat you alive, burn you up from within. You can’t just walk away from the fire; it keeps burning. The only way to put it out is to write the book. Dean Koontz firewritingbook In spite of where we were, how we had gotten here and why we had come, I felt that at this moment of our lives, this place was exactly where we belonged. We were not drifting but rising, rising toward something right and of significance. Dean Koontz driftingrisingmoments Sorrow is not a raven perched persistently above a chamber door. Sorrow is a thing with teeth, and while in time it retreats, it comes back at the whisper of it's name. Dean Koontz ravensnamesdoors Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton. Dean Koontz paradesfoolhumanity Without trust, there can be no tranquil resting of the mind. Dean Koontz without-trusttranquilmind Maybe when all was said and done, the imagination was the most powerful of all weapons. It was the imagination of the human race that had allowed it to dream of a life beyond cold caves and of a possible future in the stars. Dean Koontz powerfulstarsdream
