Misery Quotes

Context

This line is from the film Misery, directed by Rob Reiner (1990).

It's always nice to be appreciated. Even when it's by a sledgehammer-wielding, crazy-eyed, deranged psychopath.

Okay, maybe not then.

In Misery, author Paul Sheldon finds himself the victim of a car crash, when he is "rescued" by Annie Wilkes, a former nurse who tells him that she is his "number one fan." Only… well, she's a little less like a Belieber and more the Squeaky Fromme type.

We can tell by her delivery (and by the creepy music… and by the fact that we know we're watching a thriller) that there's something sinister behind her words. It's obvious early on that she's not all there. What normal person lives alone out in the middle of nowhere, anyway? Someone in a movie based on a Stephen King novel, that's who.

Where you've heard it

The line has been spoofed on Family Guy, but then what hasn't? It's been borrowed for the lyrics of a Plies song (with some offensive lyrics we don't care to link to), and in a Dima Bilan song with slightly less offensive lyrics that we just barely feel comfortable linking to.

We can also picture Jim Carrey saying it in something… but we can't recall what. So if you think of it, let us know. We'll finally be able to sleep at night.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

The line may be all sorts of things, but "pretentious" isn't one of them. Crazy, yes. Pretentious, no.