The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book, Annie, is because their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end. Misery (1987)
I think the author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson. Books like I Am Legend were an inspiration to me. an edition of I Am Legend (1995)
He felt as he always did when he finished a book — queerly empty, let down, aware that for each little success he had paid a toll of absurdity. Misery (1987)