American - Author | July 9, 1945 -
The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original.
Dean Koontz
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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.
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I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very well.
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I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive.
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Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie.
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One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is that that he's the only studio head I have ever known who will change his mind and say he was wrong.
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Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like horror.
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I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month.
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If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored.
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I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.
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I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it.
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I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari.
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