Owen King Quotes
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I'm a very liberal person.
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The questions about my father are inevitable, regardless of the characters I create or the subject matter.
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I could write about coal miners in Northern Pennsylvania, and people would ask if I was writing about my dad.
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My parents and my brother root for me.
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I think it's almost impossible to edit something to death. I think you can make things better almost indefinitely.
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I give my work to my wife first to read. Then, I try to find new people who haven't read my work before, to get a new perspective.
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For me, the easiest thing to figure out is the story I want to tell, and the hardest thing is to figure out the voice that's gonna tell it. And that's why I finish very little.
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I only finish probably one out of every ten things I start. I give up all the time.
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Although it's depressing to admit this, more than a handful of post-'Donnie Brasco' Al Pacino roles would have been better served by Steve Buscemi.
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I like 'Reanimator,' and I like 'Evil Dead 2.' But I really like the Corman movies from the late '60s and early '70s, and my favorite is 'The Mask of Red Death' with Vincent Price because - spoiler alert - but at the end of the movie, Vincent Price, he's the evil prince, and to kill him, his court just, like, dances at him.
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I'd love to be able to draw or play guitar or dance. All three at the same time - that's the talent for me.
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I do try to entertain.
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It's not easy for me as a writer to suspend my disbelief in a fantastical zone. I can do it. But it's more natural for me to write stories that are comic. Or hopefully comic.
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My personal history is strewn with massive errors in judgment. They're all precious to me.