Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz
Dean Ray Koontzis an American author. His novels are broadly described as suspense thrillers, but also frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Many of his books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, with 14 hardcovers and 14 paperbacks reaching the number one position. Koontz wrote under a number of pen names earlier in his career, including "David Axton", "Leigh Nichols" and "Brian Coffey". He has sold over 450 million copies as reported on...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 July 1945
CityEverett, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story, of character, of empathetic involvement.
Books showed me that there were other ways to live a life.
I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.
There are no explanations for human evil. Only excuses.
I fall down on the side of free will, simply because if you look at where I came from, and what I was able to do in my life, what was able to happen.
People who go to work every day, make sacrifices to raise families, and get through life without hurting other people if they can help it-those are the real heros.
Without trust, there can be no tranquil resting of the mind.
I come down on the side of free will but I have sympathy for those who believe in fate because there is something about life which we feel we have no control over.
Lies hurt people; imagination makes life more fun.
Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always ready in the soul
The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.
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.
My life would be constrained by the horror and fierce rage that my appearance inspired, but I would know peace as well as fear, tenderness as well as brutality, and even love in a time of cruelty.
If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that’s more than just entertainment-w hich is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people.