333 Quotes by Jeff Lindsay

I was expecting someone dark to play 'Dexter' - someone like Johnny Depp.

We all pretend, we all hide things, so why not take the concept to an extreme? That is the basic idea for the character of Dexter. Pretend to be human, while quietly and carefully living out the life of a monster on the side.

…a cheerful black shadow reared up behind him as he spoke, thundering a happy challenge to my Dark Passenger, which slid forward and bellowed back.

Every writer must find a way of writing that tells the reader: This is me and no one else. The Voice can be idiosyncratic, but it cannot be obscure. It is a blend of style and content and intent and rhythm and pure personality.

I'm quite sure more people fake an awful lot of everyday human contact. I just fake all of it." --Dexter

What my research told me is that a psychopath cannot change. You're born like that.

Now I know what it is like to feel like a total idiot.

Dexter-Land is a dark and scary place, and I couldn't live there permanently. To be honest, I don't think I even want to visit.

'Dexter' has been very, very good to me. I would rather stop doing it than cheapen it.