Stephen King — "The first duty of a novelist is to entertain. If you don't entertain, then all t…"

"The thing under the bed waiting to grab your ankle isn't necessarily a monster. Maybe it's just a ghost of your own fear, waiting to be acknowledged."

"Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."

"The novel is a dream you can hold in your hand."

"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."

"And I said 'Yes I am.' Because everybody who does this, you, me, everybody else who does this, we're fucking liars. You know how do you know we're lying? Our mouths are moving."