Dean Koontz Quotes

A collection of quotes by Dean Koontz.

Dean Koontz is an American author known for his suspenseful and thrilling novels. Born on July 9, 1945, in Everett, Pennsylvania, he began his writing career in the 1960s but gained recognition with his best-selling novel "Whispers" in 1980. Koontz's works often blend suspense, horror, and science fiction, captivating readers with his imaginative storytelling and unique characters. With over a hundred novels to his name, including "Intensity" and the "Odd Thomas" series, Koontz has become one of the most successful and prolific authors in the thriller genre.

It's so damn hard to bloom... to change. Even when you want

It's so damn hard to bloom... to change. Even when you want to change, want it more than anything in the world, it's hard. Desire to change isn't enough. Or desperation. Couldn't be done without...love,

Change Love World

Maybe if everything was beautiful, nothing would be.People s

Maybe if everything was beautiful, nothing would be.People saw one thing, they swooned over it. They saw this other thing, they pounded it with sticks.Maybe there had to be variety for life to work. Swoon over everything, you get bored. Beat everything with a stick-boring.

Beauty Balance Boring

One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is t

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.

Change

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life'

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.

Politics

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or ski

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

Life

Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the

Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner or later he got the crap beaten out of him.

Movies

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avo

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

Courage

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I

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.

Power

Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given

Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.

Movies

I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that

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.

Humor

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society.

Society

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it.

Fear

I think it's perfectly just to refuse service to anyone base

I think it's perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not based on race or religion.

Religion

In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable soluti

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.

Experience

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can

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.

Death

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, vi

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.

Dad