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Stephen Edwin King is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror fiction and has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. He has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections.
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“Molly, aka the Thing of Evil, is getting on in years, but she's still a good pal.”
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“If this helps provoke constructive debate,”
“self-serving lie promulgated by fundamentalist religious types and America”
“These guys and gals actually believe that dictatorship will follow disarmament, with tanks in the streets of Topeka.”
“The stories. Everything. Everything they”
“He advocated for stoning gays to death. Just sayin’.”
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“s important, and he seems extremely upset.”
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“Oliver Peterson is dead because you and that sonofabitch Samuels had to put on your circus. And you killed him, didn”
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“t do it! He told you as he lay there dying! What else do you want, a hand-delivered telegram from the Angel Gabriel?”
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“They love for each other. You see how it was?”
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“One that never did ary harm to us, or to anyone else. What am I going to say if I end up standing in front of God the Father Almighty and He asks me to explain why I did it? That it was my job? My job?”
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“You want me to take you both on? Is that what you want? Believe me, I can do it.”
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“we would advise that you ask them to leave the room.”
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“s grave that he had been to the mountain. Dick could not claim that. No mountain, but he had reached a sunny plateau after years of struggle. He knew the boy. They had shared each other the way good friends can”
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“Just like every big hotel has got a ghost. Why? Hell, people come and go. Sometimes one of em will pop off in his room, heart attack or stroke or something like that. Hotels are superstitious places. No thirteenth floor or room thirteen, no mirrors on the back of the door you come in through, stuff like that. A lot of folks, they got a little bit of shine to them. They don”
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“Probably Don Robertson, author of Paradise Falls, The Ideal, Genuine Man and the marvelously titled Miss Margaret Ridpath and the Dismantling of the Universe. What I appreciate most in novels and novelists is generosity, a complete baring of the heart and mind, and Robertson always did that. He also wrote the best single line I”
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“to libraries, local fire departments that need updated lifesaving equipment (Jaws of Life tools are always a popular request), schools, and a scattering of organizations that underwrite the arts”
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“You can always find things about people to pull them down. Washington and Jefferson were slave owners—that doesn”
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“full of the stuff that makes the grass grow green”
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“What should I care if they, i.e., the critics, single me out for sneers and laughter? I never truckled, I never lied. I told the truth.”
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“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all: read a lot and write a lot.”
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“In every life you get to a point where you have to deal with something that”
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“t believe me. I replied that that was fine, as long as he believed that I believe it. And I do. Stories aren”
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“told in no uncertain terms, don”
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“it occurs to me that I have nearly been killed by a character out of one of my own novels. It”
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“s central conflict was a metaphor for addiction. He published The Tommyknockers, a science fiction novel filled, he says, with metaphors for addiction. After its publication, King”
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“about six or seven, just copying panels out of comic books and then making up my own stories ... Film was also a major influence. I loved the movies from the start. So when I started to write, I had a tendency to write in images because that was all I knew at the time.”
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“It’s built in. That’s all. The first movie I ever saw was a horror movie. It was Bambi. When that little deer gets caught in a forest fire, I was terrified, but I was also exhilarated.”
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King collaborated with Benjamin Percy on The End Times, a serial novel told in newspapers set in the world of The Stand
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King wrote a retelling of the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak (these were the set and costume designs which Sendak had created for his 1998 production of Engelbert Humperdinck's opera H
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Elon Musk Banned Stephen King From X For Calling Him 'The First Lady'” 'Here I Am'.
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Snopes rated the claim “Elon Musk banned writer Stephen King from X after King referred to the tech mogul as Donald Trump’s “first lady.”” False.
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FactCheck.org rated the claim “Stephen King was permanently banned from Twitter for calling Mr. Free Speech himself Elon Musk, ‘The First Lady.’” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““Elon Musk bans Stephen King permanently from platform X after he trolled the tech mogul.”” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Author Stephen King once said, "Fox News did to our parents what our parents were afraid video games would do to us."” Incorrect Attribution.
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fact checker rated the claim “A recent photo shows Stephen King wearing makeup and a free Palestine t-shirt.” fake.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Stephen King's publisher dropped him for "pushing wokeness."” Labeled Satire.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Stephen King Has Not Sold a Manuscript in The Last Two Years” Bestseller.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Stephen King, Kevin Spacey Actually Said They Will Leave The U.S. If The 'Epstein Client List' Is Released” Unsupported.
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AP News rated the claim “Book sales for bestselling author Stephen King have dropped “90% since he went woke.”” False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Author Stephen King once said, "Hard to believe there was ever a world leader as dumb as Donald Trump. Can't spell, can't read, has never managed anything approaching an original thought. His brain is like a radio playing at top volume, but between stations. "” Correct Attribution.
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King and Chizmar rejoined forces for Gwendy's Final Task
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King released the novel Fairy Tale
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Published Later, his third book for Hard Case Crime
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King released If It Bleeds, a collection of four novellas
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Awarded Goodreads Choice Awards for The Institute (2019).
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King's home in Bangor has been described as an unofficial tourist attraction, and as of 2019, the couple plan to convert it into a facility housing his archives and a writers' retreat.
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“a terrible embarrassment to the state I live in and love. If he won”
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Released The Outsider, which features the character Holly Gibney, and the novella Elevation
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“on Twitter, about Ursula Le Guin (2018)”
“one of the greats...Not just a science fiction writer; a literary icon.”
“Twitter (1 April 2018); also quoted in "37 of the most brutal Trump burns tweeted by Stephen King in 2018" by Sam Haysom, at Mashable (27 December 2018)”
“Twitter (4 September 2017)”
“September 2017, Vulture Magazine”
King called LePage "a bigot, a homophobe, and a racist"
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Awarded Edgar Awards for Obits (2016).
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King was one of many writers who signed a letter condemning the candidacy of Donald Trump
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“Citation choisie pour le 25 novembre 2016.”
Under the pseudonym Beryl Evans and illustrated by Ned Dameron
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Calling LePage "a terrible embarrassment to the state I live in and love
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Awarded Edgar Awards for Mr. Mercedes (2015).
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Awarded Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015).
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“The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Introduction (2015)”
Published “Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning” in Nature — cited 23,885 times.
Published “Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning” in Nature — cited 24,295 times.
Awarded Hammett Prize for Mr. Mercedes (2014).
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Won National Medal of Arts (2014).
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And won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Novel for Doctor Sleep (2013).
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Released album “Ghost Brothers of Darkland County”.
“Citation choisie pour le 2 décembre 2013.”
King published an essay titled Guns, which discusses the gun debate in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
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Published Joyland, his second book for Hard Case Crime
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“Intervista di Antonella Barina, il Venerdì di Repubblica, 2 novembre 2013, pp. 19-25.”
King said that he was writing a crime novel about a retired policeman being taunted by a murderer, with the working title Mr
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King published an article in The Daily Beast calling for rich Americans, including himself, to pay more taxes, citing it as "a practical necessity and moral imperative that those who have received much should be obligate
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“Aber ich glaube nun mal an die Macht der Liebe; Liebe ist eine einzigartige bewegliche Zauberkraft. Ich bezweifele, dass sie in den Sternen steht, aber ich glaube, dass Blut an Blut appelliert, Verstand an Verstand und Herz an Herz." - Der Anschlag, Kapitel Finale Notizen, S. 1030. Übersetzer: Wulf Bergner. Verlag: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag. München, 2012. ISBN-13: 978-3453267541”
Awarded Bram Stoker Awards for Herman Wouk is Still Alive (2011).
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction (2011).
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Awarded British Fantasy Award for Best Collection for Full Dark, No Stars (2011).
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Published 11/22/63, about a time portal leading to 1958, and an English teacher who travels through it to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection for Full Dark, No Stars (2010).
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DC Comics premiered American Vampire, a comic book series co-written by King and Scott Snyder and illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque
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King published Full Dark, No Stars, a collection of four novellas with the common theme of retribution
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Awarded Shirley Jackson Award (2009).
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“Einaudi, 2009, ISBN 978-88-06-19867-1”
“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”
It was announced he would serve as a writer for Fangoria
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Novel for Duma Key (2008).
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection for Just After Sunset (2008).
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“Marks, John (2008-10-23). "Stephen King's God trip". Salon.com. Retrieved on 2008-10-23.”
“Die Welt hat Zähne. Und mit denen beißt sie zu, wann immer sie will." - Das Mädchen. Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-548-26841-5. Übersetzer: Wulf Bergner”
King published Duma Key, his first novel set in Florida, and the collection Just After Sunset
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Awarded Edgar Awards (2007).
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King served as guest editor for the annual anthology The Best American Short Stories
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Novel for Lisey's Story (2006).
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Published Cell, in which a mysterious signal broadcast over cell phones turns users into mindless killers
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“My Book About A Really Mean Car That Kills People Was Pretty Scary. But Not As Scary As Those Scary Republicans", The Gaggle, Newsweek (24 October 2006)”
King announced that he had discovered another Bachman novel, Blaze, which was published the following year
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Awarded August Derleth Award for The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (2005).
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Published the mystery The Colorado Kid for the Hard Case Crime imprint
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Awarded National Book Award for Stephen King bibliography (2003).
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King was honored by the National Book Awards with a lifetime achievement award, the Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
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“Zeit ist ein Gesicht auf dem Wasser." - Glas, Der dunkle Turm IV. Übersetzer: Joachim Körber. München, 2003. ISBN 3-453-87559-1”
Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (2002).
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Awarded Special Award of the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire (2002).
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King, Peter Straub, John Grisham and Pat Conroy organized the Wavedancer Benefit, a public reading to raise funds for the actor and audiobook reader Frank Muller, who had been injured in a motorcycle accident
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“Nur Feinde sagen die Wahrheit; Freunde und Liebende lügen unendlich, gefangen im Netz der Pflicht." - Schwarz. Der dunkle Turm I. 13. Auflage, München, 2002. Übersetzer: Joachim Körber. ISBN 3-453-12-384-0”
King published From a Buick 8, a return to the territory of Christine
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Awarded Bram Stoker Awards for Riding the Bullet (2000).
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction for On Writing (2000).
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“(2000) . "Interview: Stephen King". The Guardian.”
King published On Writing, a mix of memoir and style manual which The Wall Street Journal called "a one-of-a-kind classic"
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Awarded August Derleth Award for Bag of Bones (1999).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Horror Novel for Bag of Bones (1999).
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“("The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted." - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)”
Career landmark: car collision.
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Published The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, about a girl who gets lost in the woods and finds solace in listening to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox games, and Hearts in Atlantis, a book of linked novellas and short stories
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“Keynote Address, Vermont Library Conference, VEMA Annual Meeting, (26 May 1999)”
Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Novel for Bag of Bones (1998).
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Published Bag of Bones, his first book with Scribner, about a recently widowed novelist
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Horror Novel for Desperation (1997).
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Awarded Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Essay for Danse Macabre (1997).
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Novel for The Green Mile (1996).
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Awarded O. Henry Award (1996).
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King published The Green Mile, the story of a death row inmate, as a serial novel in six parts
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Awarded World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction for The Man in the Black Suit (1995).
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King's story "The Man in the Black Suit" was published in the Halloween issue of The New Yorker
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Awarded World Horror Convention Grand Master Award (1992).
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Published Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne, two novels about women loosely linked by a solar eclipse
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Published Needful Things, his first novel since achieving sobriety, billed as "The Last Castle Rock Story"
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection for Four Past Midnight (1990).
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King published Four Past Midnight, a collection of four novellas with the common theme of time
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Novel for Misery (1987).
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Awarded August Derleth Award for It (1987).
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“Chłopak to niedorosły mężczyzna, a niedorośli ludzie używają mnóstwa głupich słów, które dla mnie są wszystkie warte tyle samo, czyli nic.”
“Jak się żyje w wesołym miasteczku, nie sposób powstrzymać się od śmiechu.”
“Nie potrzebował psychiatry, żeby stwierdzić, iż pisanie miało swoją autoerotyczną stronę – zamiast walić konia, walisz w maszynę do pisania, przy czym jedno i drugie polega na szybkości i sprawności dłoni oraz szczerym zaangażowaniu w sztuce samozaspokojenia.”
“Jeśli chcecie zostać pisarzami, przede wszystkim powinniście pamiętać o dwóch rzeczach: dużo czytać i dużo pisać.”
“The soil of a man’s heart is stonier, Louis – like the soil up there in the old Micmac burying ground. Bedrock’s close. A man grows what he can… and he tends it. (ang.)”
“Tylko dzieci mówią całą prawdę. Dlatego właśnie są dziećmi.”
“Tak to już jest w życiu, Ellie. Póki jesteś na ścieżce, nie dzieje się nic złego. Jeśli z niej zboczysz i nie dopisze ci szczęście, zgubisz się, a wtedy ktoś będzie musiał cię szukać.”
“Śmierć to chwila, w której kończy się ból, a zaczynają dobre wspomnienia. Nie koniec życia, lecz koniec bólu.”
“If dogs could fly, nobody would go out without an umbrella.”
“Podejrzewam, że większość mężczyzn opowiada swym żonom całe mnóstwo kłamstw, ale wiesz co, większość z nich mogłaby stanąć przed obliczem Boga i wyznać wszystko, nie spuszczając nawet wzroku.”
“Dzieci do końca życia nie zapominają kłamstw swoich rodziców.”
“Czasami ludzie muszą robić to, co wydaje się słuszne… A jeśli to zrobią, po czym nie czują się dobrze i przepełniają ich pytania, jakby dostali niestrawności, tyle że wewnątrz głowy, nie w brzuchu, uważają, że popełnili błąd… Nie przyjdzie im natomiast do Głowy, że może zanim zaczną kwestionować to, co mówi im serce, powinni zakwestionować owe dręczące ich wątpliwości.”
“I think the author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson. Books like I Am Legend were an inspiration to me.”
“Świat jest brudny, a im dłużej człowiek się na nim obraca, tym bardziej nasiąka tym brudem.”
“Cisza. Brak odpowiedzi. Kłopot polegał na tym, że cisza to też odpowiedź.”
“Szaleńcy zawsze są pewni tego, co widzieli i słyszeli. Nie same halucynacje, tylko właśnie ta pewność czyni ich szaleńcami.”
“Miłość nie leci z kranu jak woda, nie możesz jej odkręcać i zakręcać, kiedy tylko zechcesz.”
“(…) gdybyśmy mieli ogony, połowa z nas kręciłaby się za nimi przez cały dzień i próbowała je sobie odgryźć.”
Awarded Locus Award for Best Collection for Skeleton Crew (1986).
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“On his 9 to 5 writing day, as quoted in Time (6 October 1986)”
“Regarding a controversial scene in his 1986 novel It”
King made his directorial debut with Maximum Overdrive, an adaptation of his story "Trucks"
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“The Politics of Limited Editions essay in Castle Rock Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 6 (June 1985), republished in various real world publications, including The Stephen King Story (1992) by George W. Beahm, p. 112”
King published Skeleton Crew, a book of short fiction including "The Reach" and The Mist
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Wrote another horror anthology film, Cat's Eye
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King wrote a few pages of the benefit X-Men comic book Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men
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King endorsed Gary Hart's presidential campaign
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Awarded British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction for The Breathing Method (1983).
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Published Christine, "A love triangle involving 17-year-old misfit Arnie Cunningham, his new girlfriend and a haunted 1958 Plymouth Fury
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Awarded August Derleth Award for Cujo (1982).
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Awarded World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction for The Reach (1982).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Related Work for Danse Macabre (1982).
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“s Eye. Rob Reiner, whose film Stand by Me (1986) is an adaptation of King”
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King published Different Seasons, a collection of four novellas with a more serious dramatic bent than the horror fiction for which he had become famous
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“(1981) . "Interview: Stephen King". High Times.”
Awarded World Fantasy Convention Award (1980).
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Published The Dead Zone, about an ordinary man gifted with second sight
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The Kings, with the addition of Owen Philip, their third and youngest child, traveled briefly to England
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Where he completed The Stand, an apocalyptic novel about a pandemic and its aftermath
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The short story "The Fifth Quarter" was published under the name John Swithen (a Carrie character) in Cavalier
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Studied at University of Maine, Bachelor of Arts (1966–1971).
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King was hired as an English teacher at Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine
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With a Bachelor of Arts in English, and his daughter Naomi Rachel was born that year
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King entered the University of Maine at Orono on a scholarship
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Studied at Lisbon High School (1966).
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Born 1947-09-21.
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