Реальные истории из жизни Стивена Кинга, благодаря которым возникли идеи различных его произведений, собраны в разделе "Идеи".

But I've always been fairly quick on the uptake, and I don't forget many lessons that I've learned well. I certainly learned the lesson about how you could get anyone's number with a big enough stick. My father picked up the hardhead take, presumably planning to trepan my skull with it, but when I picked up the hatchet, he put it back.