Peter Straub Quotations

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth.

Nobody can protect anybody else from vileness. Or from pain. All you can do is not let it break you in half and keep on going until you get to the other side.

On gym days, I don't get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid narcotic is pushed back a bit.

If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom.

I write longer sentences than most of the others, maybe because I probably like Henry James more than they do.

However, I think I managed to reach a new level with Koko, and I will always be grateful for the experience.

I believe I encountered death, which was a bit too much for a seven-year-old.

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary.

Everyone wants to get better as they go along, but sometimes it's all you can do to stay consistent.