# Looking for a Stephen King quote... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606 "2019-07-25T12:07:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606/1 "2019-07-25T12:07:18Z")
Yes, a _quote_. Written sometime in the 1980s, very likely from _Danse Macabre_, and I am looking for the exact quote (source and page references would be cool too). The quote goes like this: > [@](#): > > There may be werewolves and vampires in this world, but nothing is more dangerous than a (white) guy with a gun. I put white in parentheses because I think he actually said “white”, but I could easily be conflating things I’ve heard since the 80s. Anyway, if y’all find this, I’ll be forever in your debt. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606/2 "2019-07-25T12:30:06Z")
I’m a big King fan, and I’ve read Danse Macabre several times, but it doesn’t ring a bell to me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606/3 "2019-07-25T12:31:43Z")
Was it King’s [son](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.connectsavannah.com/savannah/savannah-book-festival-joe-hill/Content%3foid=7172746&media=AMP%2bHTML)? _“I’ve written about vampires, I’ve written about devils and ghosts, but what’s really scary is a white man with a gun.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606/4 "2019-07-25T12:31:47Z")
He wrote a short piece of non fiction that I think was a Kindle exclusive called Gun. Maybe that is it? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606/5 "2019-07-25T12:36:47Z")
Good job, **The Other Waldo Pepper**! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606/6 "2019-07-25T12:48:09Z")
I’m sorry, tOWP, but Owen is riffing off the very same line I remember, as I’ve been quoting S King on this for well over 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606/7 "2019-07-25T13:31:17Z")
It is not Owen Phillip King who said that. It is Joseph Hillstrom King, who writes under the name [Joe Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill_(writer)). Who looks and writes like his father. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606/8 "2019-07-25T14:22:24Z")
Shit, yeah, sorry about that. But the original source is still Stephen. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606/9 "2019-07-25T17:37:26Z")
Stephen has given us so many good things. Even his replacement. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606/10 "2019-07-26T02:20:37Z")
Trust me, that line is NOT from Danse MacBare! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606/11 "2019-07-26T15:34:57Z")
This presumably isn’t the right King quote, but I figured it’s worth a mention (and, as it’s the right timeframe, may do a good job of just pointing at THE DEAD ZONE): _“Ever since John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, the great American bogeyman has been the guy with the rifle in a high place.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-stephen-king-quote/837606/12 "2019-07-27T14:12:43Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Stephen has given us so many good things. Even his replacement. 🙂 I don’t think Stephen King can ever be replaced. He is a one-of-a-kind true Maine original. And if you haven’t read 11/22/1963, do so.