Quote by Stephen King (The Shining)

Quote by Stephen King (The Shining)

He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in the end it always comes out. He would write it because he felt he had to.

Stephen King in The Shining

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