Quotes by : Peter Straub

Intellectual labor is a common technique for the avoidance of thinking.

In violence there is often the quality of yearning - the yearning for completion. For closure. For that....

I have been sometimes way too attracted by my own villains because in a way they seem to hold the secret....

He did not recognize himself either. He was a totally new being, bald, covered with grease and blood,....

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through.

From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent....

To feel our character, our personality, and our personal, hard-won history fade from being is to be exposed....

...nobody can protect anybody else from vileness. Or from pain. All you can do is not let it break you....

Of course, the truth is that no one likes change. People in hell not only refuse to leave it, they invite....

I'm being haunted," she blurted out. "My dear," he cooed. "Turn yourself into a tourist attraction and....