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Sometimes the only thing to do is to take the thing that you must have. Even if someone gets hurt.

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Hurt

Stephen King (2011). “Full Dark, No Stars”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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I identify with the characters very closely. At the same time that I`m outside, writing, I`m also inside, experiencing, and it can be very unsettling.

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"Stephen King has called Ira Levin-author of 'Rosemary's". Interview with Cheryl Lavin, articles.chicagotribune.com. April 7, 1991.

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But see that you get on. That's your job in this hard world, to keep your love alive and see that you get on, no matter what. Pull your act together and just go on.

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"The Shining". Book by Stephen King, 1977.

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The rope by which the great blocks of taxes are attached to any citizenry is simple loyalty.

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Stephen King (1988). “The eyes of the dragon: a story”, Egully.com

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Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there's little fun to be had in explanations; they're antithetical to the poetry of fear.

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"Alan Wake: gaming's greatest Stephen King story" by Matthew Byrd, www.denofgeek.com. December 21, 2017.

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I think it is harder to write a story that appeals to the intellect. But, when you tie onto one, you can do it quite deeply. It really depends on the type of idea you have to begin with.

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Thinking

Interview with Phil Konstantin, americanindian.net. July 1987.

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and now, all these years later, it seem to him that the most horrible fact of human existence was that broken hearts mended

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Heart

Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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If you're going into a very dark place, then you should take a bright light, and shine it on everything. If you don't want to see, why in God's name would you dare the dark at all?

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Light

Stephen King (2011). “Full Dark, No Stars”, p.366, Simon and Schuster

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When machines fail, when technology fails, when the conventional religion fails, people have got to have something. Even a zombin lurching through the night can seem pretty cheerful compared to the existential comedy/horror of the ozone layer dissolving under the combined assult of a million flurocarbon spray cans of deoderant." - The Mist

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1978
She didn't see him at first. She was watching the dancers. Her color was high, and there were deep dimples at the corners of her mouth. She looked nine miles out of place, but he had never loved her more. This was Willa on the edge of a smile.

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Stephen King (2008). “Just After Sunset: Stories”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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Terror?often arises from a pervasive sense of disestablishment; that things are in the unmaking.

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1981 Danse Macabre.

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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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"A Rare Interview with Master Storyteller Stephen King". Interview with Ken Tucker, parade.com. May 25, 2013.

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In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description and lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling.

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Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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What really scares me is Alzheimer's or premature senility, losing that ability to read and enjoy and to write. And you do it, and some days maybe aren't so good, and then some days, you really catch a wave, and it's as good as it ever was.

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"Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you — with his writing". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2016.

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...it was more like bleeding than crying.

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Stephen King (2016). “Cujo”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.

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Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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Get busy living, or get busy dying.

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Inspirational Life Movie

Different Seasons "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" (1982)

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What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common.

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Thinking

Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three”, p.268, Simon and Schuster

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They walked through the rainy dark like gaunt ghosts, and Garraty didn't like to look at them. They were the walking dead.

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Stephen King (2016). “The Long Walk”, p.243, Simon and Schuster

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Your pimples are the Lord's way of chastising you. Now eat your pie.

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Stephen King (2008). “Carrie”, p.55, Anchor

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You say true, I say thankya.

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Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger”, Simon and Schuster

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Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.

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FaceBook post by Stephen King from Nov 19, 2013

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What happens to the wide-eyed observer when the window between reality and unreality breaks and the glass begins to fly?

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Stephen King (2016). “Four Past Midnight”, p.301, Simon and Schuster

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The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

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Stephen King, Peter David, Robin Furth (2013). “Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - The Man In Black”, p.137, Marvel Entertainment

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The family exists for many reasons, but its most basic function may be to draw together after a member dies.

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Stephen King (2008). “Just After Sunset: Stories”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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Money talks, bullshit walks.

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Stephen King (2008). “Duma Key: A Novel”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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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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Sometimes life coughs up coincidences no writer of fiction would dare copy.

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Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.196, Simon and Schuster

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Above all else, be consistent.

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There had never been a shortage of fools in the world

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Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three”, p.383, Simon and Schuster

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Born: September 21, 1947
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