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Stephen King
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 21
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The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.
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The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.
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He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.
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I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather you may feel the urge to grasp a passive verb or one of those nasty adverbs for the same reason. Just remember before you do that Dumbo didn’t need the feather the magic was in him.
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I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.
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I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.
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A person could see a lot without ever leaving his own living room. Especially if he had the right tools.
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We never cease wanting what we want, whether it's good for us or not.
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Remember that 'plumber in space' is not such a bad setup for a story.
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Above all else, be consistent.
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The town kept its secrets, and the Marsten House brooded over it like a ruined king.
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Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied.
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When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'
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I like to hang out clothes on windy days. Sometimes that's all I feel like. A sheet on a line.
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To me, the greatest thing in the world is downloading TV shows on iTunes because there are no commercials, and yet if I were a working stiff, I could never afford to do this. But I don't even think about money.
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He removed his unvaluable valuables and dumped his shirt, pants, and skivvies into a letter slot.
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I can't see the future, but it's grim. The depletion of resources - we're living in this dine-and-dash economy.
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The only [working] ritual is making tea. I use the loose leaves and drink it by the gallon.
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I was sitting one day and thinking about cannibalism, because that's what guys like me do... and I thought, suppose a guy was washed up on a rocky island, how much of himself could he eat?
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Everyone needs a hobby, he said. And everyone needs a miracle or two, just to prove life is more than just one long trudge from the cradle to the grave.
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