I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terroriz…

Stephen King
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I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes. www.imdb.com.
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