auria “Hussein” cortes

Mar 30 2008

Quotable Sunday: Stephen King

9 Responses to “Quotable Sunday: Stephen King”

1. # marshon 30 Mar 2008 at 1:22 pm

   and the lie is what gets us through this life, ans oh the afterlife?? if they are tellin the truth!!!

2. # Diane J Standifordon 31 Mar 2008 at 2:41 am

   Hmmm…I don’t get it.

3. # auria corteson 31 Mar 2008 at 3:16 pm

   Diane, I believe the lie in this case is life. So he’s saying that stories reveal real life situations. While most of us hide what is really going on in our life, whether for our benefit or that of others, stories hold the mirror to the truth. At least that is my take.

4. # Diane J Standifordon 01 Apr 2008 at 1:11 am

   I’ll have to reread Pet Cemetary.

5. # auria corteson 01 Apr 2008 at 12:26 pm

   LOL…good point.

   I’ve never read a King book but perhaps he’ll agrue that he is representing a side of life. Revealing human flaws and strengths through storytelling.

   But again, I never read any of his books. And I never met him personally so he may not say any of those things.

6. # Erikaon 01 Apr 2008 at 7:33 pm

   I wonder if you might like “Misery” since you are a writer and it is
   about a writer. I prefer reality-based fiction like this story to a supernatural one. I’m not a huge King fan, but this was definitely one of my favorites. I think the movie was good, but the book is much better and not overly-descriptive and long like a lot of his work- I still cannot get through “It.”

7. # auria corteson 01 Apr 2008 at 8:14 pm

   Erika, I saw Misery and liked the movie. The part where she hammers his ankles put me on edge. Made my toes curled.

8. # Erikaon 01 Apr 2008 at 10:39 pm

   Auria, that is also one of the most memorable scenes for me. The movie changes this part to a less graphic and extreme punishment than what she really does to him in the book. If you want to know, but you can probably guess, Wiki mentions it under trivia for the movie “Misery.”

9. # AURIA CORTES » Random Thought: You Can’t Make Everyone Happyon 02 Apr 2008 at 9:25 am

   […] as Erika reminded me, somebody forgot to tell Nurse Annie Wilkes from Misery that as a reader her needs come […]

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