I've only read three books by Stephen King. When I was 10 I read 'The Long Walk,' one of his pseudonymous Bachman books. In my early 20s, while trapped on a family vacation, I read 'The Dark Half,' which taught me a word I have never forgotten: psychopomp. Now I have read '11/22/63.'

People - me included - want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.

The real world is horrible.

Young minds - young brains - need stories and ideas like the ones in those [censored and banned] books in order to grow. They need ideas that you disagree with. They need ideas that I disagree with. Or they'll never be able to figure out what ideas they believe in.

The danger would be going back, or staying still. The only way out was through. The past was ruins, but the present was still in play.

The problem with growing up is that once you're grown up, the people who aren't grown up aren't fun anymore.

I mean, when you're tired of book reviews, you're tired of life.