"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win."
"For me, that emotional payoff is what it’s all about. I want you to laugh or cry when you read a story...or do both at the same time. I want your heart, in other words. If you want to learn something, go to school."
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Source: Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.275, Simon and Schuster
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