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Quotes by Stephen
King Fiction is the truth inside the lie. Nobody was really surprised when it happened, not really, not on the subconscious level where savage things grow. Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy -- and I keep it in a jar on my desk. When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "one word at a time." If I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud. ...But somebody else writes the books. My response to this was simplicity itself: I lied. - Speaking about his writing as Richard Bachman Do they suck like an electrolux? Overall, no. In places... wellll... - Talking about the Bachman Books It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost. I've taken off two months, three months at a time, and, by the end, I get really squirrelly. My night life, my dream life, gets extremely populated and crazed. I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries - From the Playboy Interview The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool. The devil's voice is sweet to hear. I think that marijuana should not only be legal, I think it should be a cottage industry. It would be wonderful for the state of Maine. There's some pretty good homegrown dope. I'm sure it would be even better if you could grow it with fertilizers and have greenhouses. . . |