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" I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come. "

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" I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari. "

" My wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that I ever scare her. Except, of course, when she sees me the way I look before breakfast. "

" I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others. "

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" One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is that that he's the only studio head I have ever known who will change his mind and say he was wrong. "

" If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn't, maybe you need a different publisher. "

" If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored. "

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" Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine. "

" When tempest tossed, embrace chaos. "

" In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience. "

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" I believe that I was a dog in a past life. That's the only thing that would explain why I like to snack on Purina Dog Chow. "

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" I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month. "

" Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text. "

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" When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks. "

" I think it's perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not based on race or religion. "

" We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking at the world, that one form of behavior, is as valid as another. The idea of true evil has been blown away. "

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" The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion. "

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" I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very well. "

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