“- Stuart Ullman: Physically, it's not a very demanding job. The only thing that can get a bit trying up here during the winter is, uh, a tremendous sense of isolation.
- Jack Torrance: Well, that just happens to be exactly what I'm looking for. I'm outlining a new writing project and, uh, five months of peace is just what I want.”
Barry Nelson - Ullman
Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance

“Nothing is going to stop me. I'm going to find out how it feels to be in trouble. Without friends, without credit, without checkbook, without name. Alone.”

Joel McCrea - John L. Sullivan

“- Konstantin Karpov: I would never give up a man who killed my partner.
- Roy Parmenter: You never had a partner!”
Richard Bradford - Konstantin Karpov
Sir Sidney Poitier - Roy Parmenter

“Littlefoot knew for certain he was alone, and although the Great Valley was far away, the journey there was perillous. He would have to find his way, or the chain of life would be broken.”
Pat Hingle - Narrator

“It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.”
Natalie Imbruglia