I work to loud music - hard-rock stuff like AC/DC, Guns 'n Roses, and Metallica have always been particular favorites - but for me the music is just another way of shutting the door.
Stephen KingDo you know how cruel your God can be, David. How fantastically cruel?...Sometimes he makes us live.
Stephen KingSeven, Richie thought. That's the magic number. There has to be seven of us. That's the way it's supposed to be.
Stephen KingAs a teenager, I read a lot of H.P. Lovecraft, so I wrote like H.P. Lovecraft. And in my 20s, I read a lot of Ross Macdonald and Raymond Chandler, so I wrote like those guys. But, little by little, you develop your own style.
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