Quotes by Richard Bachman

He watched his feet, the only things that were keeping him from finding out if there really was a Kingdom of Heaven or not.

He wondered how far his legs would carry him on their own - how long before his brain took over them and began punishing them, making them work past any sane limit, to keep a bullet from crashing into its own bony cradle.

Mr. Grace sounded like a very small child, helpless, hopeless. I had made him fuck himself with his own big tool, like one of those weird experiences you read about in the Penthouse Forum. I had taken off his witch doctors mask and made him human. But I didnt hold it against him. To err is only human, but its divine to forgive. I believe that sincerely.

The definition of an asshole is a guy who doesnt believe what hes seeing.

Craziness is only a matter of degree, and there are lots of people besides me who have the urge to roll heads. They go to stock-car races and the horror movies and the wrestling matches they have in Portland Expo. Maybe what she said smacked of all those things, but I admired her for saying out loud, all the same--the price of honesty is always high. She had an admirable grasp of the fundamentals. Besides, she was tiny and pretty.

The deal is this. You be the hero. Come down here. Unarmed. Come inside with your hands on your head. Ill let everybody go. Then Ill blow your fucking head off. Sir. Hows that for a deal? You buy it?

Things hurt more when you were alone, that was all.

When everything is at its worst, your mind just throws it all into the wastebasket and goes to Florida for a little while. There is a sudden electric what-the-hell glow as you stand there looking back over your shoulder at the bridge you just burnt down.

Do you know why they call me the Count? Because I love to count! Ah-ha

If there is an after, I hope its not dark. And I hope you can remember. Id hate to wander around in the dark forever, not knowing who I was or what I was doin here, or not even knowing that Id ever had anything different.

“No worries about money, success, fear, joy, pain, sorrow, sex, or love. Absolute zero. No father, mother, girlfriend, lover. The dead are orphans. No company but the silence like a moths wings. - Garratys thoughts on death and dying, The Long walk”