Jonathan Kellerman quotes

Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass. (Jonathan Kellerman)
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.
Jonathan Kellerman
I don't practice, but I am still officially in paediatrics. I keep in touch with journals, and I have a very good data bank of medical information and there is a key thing for a writer knowing where to go. I know where to go to get the information that I need.
Jonathan Kellerman
Therapist's dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.
Jonathan Kellerman
The science of psychotherapy is knowing what to say, the art is knowing when to say it. (36)
Jonathan Kellerman
To trust someone is to take the greatest risk of all. (180)
Jonathan Kellerman
The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up.
Jonathan Kellerman
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.
Jonathan Kellerman
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.
Jonathan Kellerman
His experience and training should have taught him that families are the cauldrons in which violence is brewed. (144)
Jonathan Kellerman
Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most of my research before I begin but inevitably questions emerge during the writing. (Jonathan Kellerman)
That's what's so great about my job. I get paid to do what got me in trouble in grade school space out and play with my imaginary friends. In terms of Isaac, when the time's right.
Jonathan Kellerman
The key to this collaboration - which we undertook after much deliberation - was to stretch creatively. New characters, new locales, new form (the novella).
Jonathan Kellerman
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.
Jonathan Kellerman