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Stephen King

Born: September 21, 1947

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author, novelist, screenwriter, columnist, actor

Biography: Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books.

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Stephen King

“Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you're forced back on your own imagination.”

- Stephen King

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Stephen King

“You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.”

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“You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.”

- Stephen King

Source/Notes: On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (2000 edition), Simon and Schuster - ISBN: 9780743211536

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Stephen King

“You have to stay faithful to what you're working on.”

- Stephen King

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“You see something, then it clicks with something else, and it will make a story. But you never know when it's going to happen.”

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Stephen King

“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.”

- Stephen King

Source/Notes: (1981). Interview: Stephen King. High Times.

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“I work until beer o'clock.”

- Stephen King

Source/Notes: On his 9 to 5 writing day, as quoted in Time (October 6, 1986)

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“I have grown into a Bestsellasaurus Rex -- a big, stumbling book-beast that is loved when it shits money and hated when it tramples houses... I started out as a storyteller; along the way I became an economic force.”

- Stephen King

Source/Notes: The Politics of Limited Editions

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“If I know anything, I know scary. And giving this president and this out-of-control Congress two more years to screw up our future is downright terrifying. Thankfully, this national nightmare is one we can end.”

- Stephen King

Source/Notes: My Book About A Really Mean Car That Kills People Was Pretty Scary. But Not As Scary As Those Scary Republicans, The Gaggle, Newsweek (2006-10-24)

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Stephen King

“YouTube is very addictive. I refused to put it on my favorite places because it's too easy to go there.”

- Stephen King

Source/Notes: Stephen King Visits YouTube - Part 1

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“On a couple of occasions I've shocked myself. Pet Sematery was appalling when it first came out on to the page.”

- Stephen King

Source/Notes: (2000). Interview: Stephen King. The Guardian.

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“You can go through your whole life telling yourself that life is logical, life is prosaic, life is sane. Above all, sane. And I think it is. I've had a lot of time to think about that.”

- Stephen King

Source/Notes: Rage (1977)

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“This, I said pleasantly, is known as getting it on.”

- Stephen King

Source/Notes: Rage (1977)

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“Your daddy... sometimes he does things he's sorry for later. Sometimes he doesn't think the way he should. That doesn't happen very often, but sometimes it does.”

- Stephen King

Source/Notes: The Shining (1977)

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