I don't have anything against either of the Dead movies, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, none of those movies. If it scares somebody, I think that it is serving a valid purpose. It is doing what the filmmaker intended. But, it is not something that you hand to kids.
Stephen KingโIf you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lotโฆreading is the creative center of a writerโs lifeโฆyou cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.
Stephen KingIt's dialogue that gives your cast their voices, and is crucial in defining their characters.
Stephen KingHe remembered waking up once, listening to the wind, thinking of all the dark and rushing cold outside and all the warmth of this bed, filled with their peaceful heat under two quilts, and wishing it could be like this forever.
Stephen KingThe first movie I can remember seeing was The Creature From The Black Lagoon. And, I can remember hearing a radio play of Ray Bradbury's Mars Is Heaven. And when I cut my teeth on comic books, they were not the easy ones of today like Spiderman, Superman and The Hulk. they were Tales Of The Crypt, The Vaultkeeper, and that sort of thing.
Stephen King