Dean Koontz Quotes

Am I too fast, too facile? I do not know. I do not know myself sometimes, or how to measure and name and count out the grains that make me what I am.

No matter where you go, you always see yourself in the rearview mirror.

I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.

I've criticized myself over the years.

Man shouldn’t be able to see his own face – there’s nothing more sinister. Nature gave him the gift of not being able to see it, and of not being able to stare into his own eyes. Only in the water of rivers and ponds could he look at his face. And the very posture he had to assume was symbolic. He had to bend over, stoop down, to commit the ignominy of beholding himself. The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart.

Do you ever wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and think, something's not accurate?

The world's most sensible person and the biggest idiot both stay within us. The worst part is, you can't even tell who is who.

I turned myself to face me, but I've never caught a glimpse of how the others must see the faker.

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.

Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way.

Ultimately, I'm not so sure that, as a person, I'm all that interesting.

I am really puzzled to understand myself.

When I read profiles of myself, I sometimes think: 'I have spent my whole life struggling to understand my motivations and impulses, and I've never quite sorted them out.'

I don't know if I'm so righteous.

When I watch myself on TV, it's impossible not to say, 'Is that really what my neck looks like?'

Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.

I'm not good at watching myself.

To me, self-description is a calamity.

I see myself out of my own eyes, which means I have no idea what's going on the other way around. I just think I try to be a good person - and I fail.

Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins?

It's hard for me to characterise myself. I think I'm balanced. Some people might say I'm cold-hearted.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I like to think of myself as an observer.

When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of introspection. I see some element of disappointment; I see a sense of humour, but also something that is faintly ridiculous; and I see somebody who is frightened of being found out and thought lightweight.