Top 54 Quotes by Dean Koontz

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

I believe that I was a dog in a past life. That's the only thing that would explain why I like to snack on Purina Dog Chow.

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.

In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.

I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive.

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