Mike Flanagan Quotes

The Shining' is one of the few horror movies that I actually like and it actually scared me.

I'm a huge Stephen King fan.

I didn't read The Haunting of Hill House until sometime early in the 1990's.

'American Gods' was designed to be, if not open-ended, at least a trilogy kind of shape, so there's definitely one more book, probably another couple of books there to get written.

I love 'The Stand;' I read it when I was a kid - it was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. I love Stephen King; I think he's a remarkable writer.

Honestly, it's terrible, but I don't know if I've ever really read a Stephen King novel.

A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.

I'd love to do like a modern day 'Shining' and play the Jack Nicholson role.

I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.

I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

I do love Shirley Jackson, but I don't deserve to be named in connection with her. I remember reading 'The Haunting of Hill House' and having goosebumps for hours. The way she builds narrative pressure in that book is just amazing. I think you could reread it a few times and actually go out of your mind.

I've only read three books by Stephen King. When I was 10 I read 'The Long Walk,' one of his pseudonymous Bachman books. In my early 20s, while trapped on a family vacation, I read 'The Dark Half,' which taught me a word I have never forgotten: psychopomp. Now I have read '11/22/63.'

I'm not a huge scary movie kind of guy; like, I don't do slasher movies, because I'm really squeamish. But if I had to pick a favorite, it would definitely be 'The Shining' with Jack Nicholson. Not only is that a scary movie, it's just a flat out classic.

I think 'The Shining' is one of the first horror movies I remember seeing.

After finishing 'The Book of Life,' I needed a bit of a break from the Bishops and de Clermonts. Honestly, I wasn't sure when - or even if! - they would capture all of my attention again.

'The Shining' scares me so much.

I actually like 'The Shining' more than I like Kubrick, I think. The tension he sustains through the whole film is so great.

'The Shining' was amazing. I mean, that movie's just all time.

To be honest, I looked at 'The Shining' as just doing another movie.

I saw 'The Shining' when I was too young with my dad in San Francisco in the hotel room.

I love 'The Shining.' Kubrick is pretty amazing.

Stephen King's 'Mr. Mercedes' is not a conventional horror novel. No ghosts, no vampires, no prune-faced escapees of the graveyard.

I'm a Stephen King fanatic.

Pet Sematary' is one of my favorite books of Stephen King and I have a deep love relationship with it.