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“I don't really map anything out. I just let it happen [while writing]. But once it happens, it's always there. If it's laid, it's played. If I get to page 300 and it's not working, I junk it.”

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Stephen King

Stephen King, born on September 21, 1947, is a renowned American author. His works primarily focus on horror, fantasy, and science fiction, and have won him a wide audience. King has received numerous literary awards in the United States, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the World Fantasy Award. more

“You have a visceral, physical response to being in [the real] places, and the sights and sounds and the smells just bring something else out in you. You're not having to fake that or imagine that. It's there. It becomes as much an act of something you bounce off as the other people you're working with.”

People Real Sound Imagine Sight Response Smell Fake Imagine That Bounce Visceral Sight And Sound

Author:Chris Hemsworth

“It's horrible for someone to listen to someone learning any instrument - when I was first learning the banjo, I used to have to go out and sit in the car, and even in the summertime I'd have to roll up the windows. Because you just couldn't practice a banjo or a fiddle with other people around. Unless they're being paid.”

People Firsts Used Practice Car Window Paid Instruments Horrible Summertime Fiddle Banjos

Author:Steve Martin

“My comedic instinct, is a little bit more rooted in - my mother's British so I've always been more of the dry receiver of the crazy as opposed to the initiator of the crazy. I'm kind of predisposed to be the straight man.”

Men Kind Littles Mother Bits Crazy Little Bit Instinct British Dry Rooted Comedic Receiver

Author:Jason Bateman

“I love theater. I go all the time. It's one of the reasons I moved to New York. But I understand that I have limited range as an actor. I can only play people who talk like me.”

People I Can Reason Play Actors New York Theater Moved Like Me Range

Author:Steve Earle