11 Quotes & Sayings By Richard Bachman

Richard Bachman is the pseudonym of American author Stephen King. He is best known for his novel The Shining, which was adapted into a film directed by Stanley Kubrick (1980), and the short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption", which he wrote under the name Richard Bachman.

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He watched his feet, the only things that were keeping him from finding out if there really was a Kingdom of Heaven or not. Richard Bachman
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He wondered how far his legs would carry him on their own - how long before his brain took over them and began punishing them, making them work past any sane limit, to keep a bullet from crashing into its own bony cradle. Richard Bachman
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Mr. Grace sounded like a very small child, helpless, hopeless. I had made him fuck himself with his own big tool, like one of those weird experiences you read about in the Penthouse Forum. I had taken off his witch doctor's mask and made him human. But I didn't hold it against him. To err is only human, but it's divine to forgive. I believe that sincerely. Richard Bachman
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The definition of an asshole is a guy who doesn't believe what he's seeing. Richard Bachman
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Craziness is only a matter of degree, and there are lots of people besides me who have the urge to roll heads. They go to stock-car races and the horror movies and the wrestling matches they have in Portland Expo. Maybe what she said smacked of all those things, but I admired her for saying out loud, all the same--the price of honesty is always high. She had an admirable grasp of the fundamentals. Besides, she was tiny and pretty. Richard Bachman
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The deal is this. You be the hero. Come down here. Unarmed. Come inside with your hands on your head. I'll let everybody go. Then I'll blow your fucking head off. Sir. How's that for a deal? You buy it? Richard Bachman
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Things hurt more when you were alone, that was all. Richard Bachman
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When everything is at its worst, your mind just throws it all into the wastebasket and goes to Florida for a little while. There is a sudden electric what-the-hell glow as you stand there looking back over your shoulder at the bridge you just burnt down. Richard Bachman
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Do you know why they call me the Count? Because I love to count! Ah-ha Richard Bachman
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If there is an after, I hope it's not dark. And I hope you can remember. I'd hate to wander around in the dark forever, not knowing who I was or what I was doin' here, or not even knowing that I'd ever had anything different. Richard Bachman