US "novelist, short-story writer".
"He is the current master of popular horror stories; wrote "Carrie," 1954; "The Shining," 1976; and "It," 1986."
Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty."
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
"Nobody was really surprised when it happened, not really, not on the subconscious level where savage things grow."
Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
"People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy -- and I keep it in a jar on my desk."