333 Quotes by Jeff Lindsay

I wanted Dexter to have a family that could love him and understand him.

Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs.

...being torn apart by far too many loyalties that could not possibly live together in the same brain.

Someone who is not a killer is not going to watch a TV show and decide to be a killer.

A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time.

As I've said, freedom is really an illusion. Anytime we think we have a real choice, it just means we haven't seen the shotgun aimed at our navel.

I try to write as serious as possible, and then a joke slips in.

you can’t use logic on human behavior.

It was a tremendous stroke of good luck that the show got Michael C. Hall to play the part. Everyone I've talked to thinks Michael is a perfect 'Dexter,' which never happens.