It's a writer's job to carve with language, to hew close to the bone. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.' — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The most important things are the hardest to say because words diminsh them. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Resurrection... ah, there's a word (that you should put right the fuck out of your mind and you know it).” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Grammar is...the pole you grab to get your thoughts up on their feet and walking. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“If,' Roland said. 'An old teacher of mine used to call it the only word a thousand letters long.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
People seem to think there's a magic formula to writing, i just write 1 word at a time. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The key to good description begins with clear seeing and ends with clear writing, the kind of writing that employs fresh images… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Remember that the basic rule of vocabulary is to use the first word that comes to your mind, if it is appropriate… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I've always been able to say what I meant! It's a writer's job to carve with language, to hew close to the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
He pointed toward the silhouettes on the side of the [bathrooms] instead--black cutout man, black cutout woman. The man had his legs… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar (a British advertising man with a proper education can make magazine copy for… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Read sometimes for the story, Bobby. Don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words - the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's language - it's better, it's finer,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Speech destroys the function of love, I think-that's a hell of a thing for a writer to say, I guess, but I… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If you can remember all the accessories that go with your best outfit, the contents of your purse, the starting lineup of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“...it was another year or two before I discovered that drat and draft were different words. During that same period I remember… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar, but it has its own scruffy charm. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals? — Stephen King Copy Share
The worst advice? 'Don't listen to the critics.' I think that you really ought to listen to the critics, because sometimes they're telling you… — Stephen King Copy Share
“October 3, 2017 The clown, Hagarty said, looked like a cross between Ronald McDonald and that old TV clown, Bozo—or so he thought at… — Stephen King Copy Share
“Eddie saw great things and near misses. Albert Einstein as a child, not quite struck by a run-away milk-wagon as he crossed a street.… — Stephen King Copy Share
It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found. — Stephen King Copy Share
“The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time... Creative people probably do… — Stephen King Copy Share
“The sun had burned through and the day had gone from dull to dazzling, yet in the west blask-satin thunderheads continued to stack up.… — Stephen King Copy Share
“God, you had enough time to have been through it three times. You've been through my stuff. I bet you over and let one… — Stephen King Copy Share
“Flakes of snow swirled and danced across the porch. The Overlook faced it as it had for nearly three-quarters of a century, its darkened… — Stephen King Copy Share
“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the… — Stephen King Copy Share
Who gets to be best-liked in any community? Who is the most trusted? Why, the man who does the dirty job, of course, and… — Stephen King Copy Share
“¿Lo ves, tonto? Volvió a regañarse. Tú lo inventaste todo, gato asustado. No fue más que tu imaginación, gato asustado, gato asustado... No te… — Stephen King Copy Share
“Death . . . but not for you. That was what Walter, clever as Satan even at the end, had said. A lawyer’s answer . . . so close to… — Stephen King Copy Share
The ghost story movie that scared me the most was The Changeling with George C. Scott. I think that's sometimes overlooked, but it's a… — Stephen King Copy Share
“Climb aboard, Jonesy. I'm going to send you up where the air is rare and the view is much more than fair.” — Stephen King Copy Share
![“He pointed toward the silhouettes on the side of the [bathrooms] instead--black cutout man, black cutout woman. The man had his legs apart, the woman had hers together. Pretty much the story of the human race in sign language.” quote by Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/909/stephen-king-13_bathroom_he-pointed-toward-the-silhouettes-on-the_78620.jpg)
