Quotes from Jonathan Kellerman

I would never have been a novelist without working as a psychologist...it was a great education in human nature.

Therapist's dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God.

The science of psychotherapy is knowing what to say, the art is knowing when to say it. (36)

Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass.

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.

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.

Creighton tried to smile again. The result fit him like panty hose on a mastiff.

Too many cases thrown out of court, too much pop-psycho crap, satanic bullshit... if you FEEL you've been abused, you HAVE been!

What if food really was love and world peace could be a reality?

If you couldn't get the outcome you wanted, torture 'em with process.

In matters of healing, the body initiates and the mind follows.

If dust was present, it was hiding in fear.

Siblings are thrown together by chance. Anything from love to hate can follow.

Maybe we're just prisoners of our biology.

Friendly, yes. Friend, never.

Most people aren't overly afflicted with curiosity. It separates the creative and the tormented from the rest of the pack. —

Literally and figuratively. Balance is important to you

Grace is false, and beauty is vain. A woman who fears God—she is praised. Give to her of the fruit of her hands, and her deeds will praise her at the gates.

making the best of a bad situation is the heart of creativity.

He's a minister. Seems nice.

Here I come, victims of the world. God help all of us.

As in most cities, L.A.'s venerable country clubs were founded as citadels of us versus them. Wasn't success judged by who you rejected?

Others declare good intentions