Quotation

Delbert Grady: "Your son... has a very great talent. I don't think you are aware how great it is. That he is attempting to use that very talent against your will." Jack Torrance: "He is a very willful boy." Delbert Grady: "Indeed he is, Mr. Torrance. A very willful boy. A rather naughty boy, if I may be so bold, sir." Jack Torrance: "It's his mother. She, uh, interferes." Delbert Grady: "Perhaps they need a good talking to, if you don't mind my saying so. Perhaps a bit more. My girls, sir, they didn't care for the Overlook at first. One of them actually stole a pack of matches, and tried to burn it down. But I... "corrected" them sir. And when my wife tried to prevent me from doing my duty, I... "corrected" her."