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Making people believe the unbelievable is no trick it's work... Belief and reader absorption come in the details: An overturned tricycle in the gutter of an abandoned neighborhood can stand for everything.

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Stephen King
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 21
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My mother was a reader, and she read to us. She read us Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when I was six and my brother was eight I never forgot it.
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All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.
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A product can be quickly outdated, but a successful brand is timeless.
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A woman who would steal your love when your love was really all you had to give was not much of a woman.
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Fantasy has a better chance of lasting than a lot of other things. The Hobbit and the Narnia books, they seem to get handed down father to son, mother to daughter. Because they're set in a fantasy world, they can remain relevant.
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There may be fairies, there may be elves, but God helps those who help themselves.
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Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot if difference. They don't have to makes speeches. Just believing is usually enough.
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My wife has told me since that I was hungover every mornng until about two in the afternoon, and from five until midnight I was drunk out of my mind. So she says there was this period of about three hours when she could talk to me like a rational human being.
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A library card is good to have, you can never have too much ID.
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