Stephen King:

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.

— Stephen King Contemporary

Horror fiction

Context

Interview with Douglas E. Winter

Date / Period

1981

Source

https://web.archive.org/web/20120224095400/http://www.stephenking.com/pages/abou…

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

Found in 1 providers: grok

Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

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