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" Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it's like making love while having a tooth pulled. "

Dean Koontz

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Writing

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" I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years. "

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" I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it. "

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