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Dean Koontz
American Author
Born: Jul 9, 1945
Books Every Life Me People Think
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life. Dean Koontz
Motivational Life Believe Everyone Mine Ability He Support Talent Himself Succeed Really Skill
Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind. Dean Koontz
Thoughts Sometimes Mind Our Darker Than Place Midnight
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. Dean Koontz
Goals Debate Power Politician Politicians Think Corrupted Some Higher Always Goal Get Public Manipulate Them
I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent. Dean Koontz
Seen Politician Politicians Heroic Lifetime Another Any Manipulation Use Transparent Figure Who Level
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. Dean Koontz
Love Death Hope Great World Better Changes Birth Those Wreak Only Small Between Like Storm Us Lives
Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid. Dean Koontz
Stupid Exert Always God-Given Human Human Beings Vigor Beings Right
What we do as a society is seek simple answers. Dean Koontz
Simple Society Seek Answers
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. Dean Koontz
Think Society Moral Find Admit Potentially Context Offensive Movie Which Watch Violence Damaging
A fanatic is a nut who has something to believe in. Dean Koontz
Believe Nut Something Fanatic Who
Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud. He was absolutely correct. Dean Koontz
Great Correct Evils Marx Absolutely He Said Were Freud Century Two
I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari. Dean Koontz
People Sometimes Books Gifts Would Give Rather New Ferrari Than
If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn't, maybe you need a different publisher. Dean Koontz
You Year Own Publish Books Name Maybe Different Want Your Publisher Two Need
We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking at the world, that one form of behavior, is as valid as another. The idea of true evil has been blown away. Dean Koontz
World Behavior Evil Looking Valid Way Out Has-Been One-Way True Idea Another Coming Been Blown Blown Away Taught Form Century Away
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. Dean Koontz
Me Sometimes Father Benefit Having Never He Weird Like Him Motivated Wanted Anything Really Dad Violent
I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before. Dean Koontz
People World Evil Before Think Danger Ways Some More Than Full Now
I think it's perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not based on race or religion. Dean Koontz
Service Religion Behavior Think Perfectly Just Refuse Anyone Race Based
In my personal life, I'm a comic novel. But then, so are we all, because we're human beings. Dean Koontz
Life Personal Life Because Comic Personal Human Human Beings Then Beings Novel
If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it. Dean Koontz
Someone Had Wrote Read Twist Peculiar
Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish. Dean Koontz
Strict Most Dead Genre Genres Fiction Literary Literary Fiction Meanwhile Flourish
When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks. Dean Koontz
Work Weeks Working Novel
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
Life Book Evil Real Life Own Every Else Everything Everything Else Out Some Pretty My Own Pursued Never Real Clone Much Twin
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. Dean Koontz
Life Dog Past Believe Would Only Like Snack Past Life The Only Thing Explain Why Thing
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
Me Book Wonderful Books Way Kid Out Only Could Open Disappear House Because Were Escape
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. Dean Koontz
People Word Doubt Down Every Think No Doubt Write Put Well Very Gold Who
I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive. Dean Koontz
Everywhere Flying Find Scary Blood Just Repulsive Slashing
Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie. Dean Koontz
People Mind Worse Does Always Than Movie Your Show Things
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