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Whatever came to mind, whatever came to hand, I would read.
Stephen King
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Stephen King
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 21
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I think the best stories always end up being about the people rather than the event, which is to say character-driven.
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Memories are contrary things if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own.
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Families, when a child is born Want it to be intelligent. I, through intelligence, Having wrecked my whole life, Only hope the baby will prove Ignorant and stupid. Then he will crown a tranquil life By becoming a Cabinet Minister.
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When creative people do their best work, they're hardly ever in charge, they're just sort of rolling along with their eyes shut yelling wheee.
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I get inspiration, a lot of times, from very commonplace things that just strike a chord and develop themselves in the subconscious.
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Pride, that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff.
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The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.
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You can't polish a turd.
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Not everybody believes in ghosts, but I do. Do you know what they are, Trisha? She had shaken her head slowly. Men and women who can't get over their past . . . That's what ghosts are.
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There's nothing as human as hunger. There's no creation without talent, I give you that, but talent is cheap. Talent goes begging. Hunger is the piston of art.
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Let's face it. No kid in high school feels as though they fit in.
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True love always happens in a flash.
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They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?
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We all float down here!
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Ka was a wheel it was also a net from which none ever escaped.
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