Nice Quotes by Stephen King

8 Nice quotes by Stephen King

King’s knack for turning the mundane into the uncanny appears here; these eight quotes give a concise, chilling spin on what being 'nice' really means.

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Like some dogs: kick them once and they never trust you again, no matter how nice you are to them.

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I don't really get philosophical, but I believe that nice people are strong and usually in my horror stories, I don't like…

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I've always thought it would be fun to update "Hansel and Gretel." I'd have these white parents in the suburbs with an…

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I think uncertainty is good for things. Certainty breeds complacency and complacency means that you just sit somewhere in your nice little…

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They were nice enough people and all, but there wasn't much love in them. Because they were too busy being afraid. Love…

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When it comes to horror there's a strange need to analyze. When "evil children" fad happened, there was The Exorcist and The…

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Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of…

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He's a very nice man and all that, easy to get along with, fun, he never makes me cry. But is that…

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