American - Author | July 9, 1945 -
I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.
Dean Koontz
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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.
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In my personal life, I'm a comic novel. But then, so are we all, because we're human beings.
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I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others.
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If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it.
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Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.
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When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.
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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.
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I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come.
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My wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that I ever scare her. Except, of course, when she sees me the way I look before breakfast.
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Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.
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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.
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