He had the raw, rough voice of one who had marinated his larynx in whiskey and slow-cooked it in years of cigarette smoke.

Dean Koontz
Profession: Author
Nationality: American
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I have learned a great deal from novels. Some of it is even true.
Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie.
Funny, how one good cookie could calm the mind and even elevate a troubled soul.
Self-identified intellectuals were among the most dangerous people on the planet.