Robert Bloch

1917–1994 · American horror writer

Robert Bloch wrote Psycho and many short stories. His macabre joke about possessing a child’s heart was repeated by Stephen King, who also credited him.

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“People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass jar on my desk”

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