Jonathan Kellerman Quotes
All of us are like locks. No matter how strong the bolt, there’s always a key out there that opens it.
The science of psychotherapy is knowing what to say, the art is knowing when to say it. (36)
It didn't feel difficult at the time because I was so charged up about both books. Afterward, however, I was pretty tired. In a good way, like after a great workout.
The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up.
Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God.
Whatever fame a novelist my attain, it's always kind of an anonymous one. I can go anywhere, and no one knows who I am.
His experience and training should have taught him that families are the cauldrons in which violence is brewed. (144)
Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.
Government is like junior high. Your status depends upon whom you're able to persecute.
Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world.
I would never have been a novelist without working as a psychologist...it was a great education in human nature.
These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. It's like meeting old friends. I hope readers feel the same way.
Fools write books about madness being an elevated mental state or an alternative form of creativity. It's not, it's anguish.
Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience"."What's pessimism?" I said."Religion without God.
