I spend a lot of time parenting because I'm home. A friend of mine told me that the average father sees each kid an average of twenty-two minutes a week, which I found almost unbelievable. Mine are in my hip pocket all the time. And I like it that way.
Stephen KingOn the subject of love at first sight, Iโm with the Beatles: I believe that it happens all the time.
Stephen KingMaybe that's why God made us kids first and built us close to the ground, because He knows you got to fall down a lot and bleed a lot before you learn that one simple lesson. You pay for what you get, you own what you pay for... and sooner or later whatever you own comes back home to you.
Stephen KingTerror. When you come home and notice everything you own has been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute. Itโs when the lights go out and you feel something behind you-you hear it-you feel its breath against your ear, but when you turn around thereโs nothing there.
Stephen KingAnd if you are honest about the words coming out of your characters' mouths, you'll find that you've let yourself in for a fair amount of criticism.
Stephen KingI started off thinking Eminem was a flash in the pan, a kind of hip-hop Hanson brother. How wrong I was. Recovery is sometimes funny, sometimes terrible, always painfully honest. The matching of Eminem and Rihanna on "Love the Way You Lie" is pure genius. "Not Afraid" is pretty great too.
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