Writer Quotes by Stephen King

What is writing? Writing is telepathy.

— Stephen King

I write to find out what I think.

— Stephen King

“Fiction is the unreal estate.”

— Stephen King

I never met a writer who wasn't lazy.

— Stephen King

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

— Stephen King

“To know, I have to write.”

— Stephen King

Writing is seduction.

— Stephen King

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

— Stephen King

“For me writing has always been best when it's intimate, as sexy as skin on skin.”

— Stephen King

Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.

— Stephen King

“The truth is that most writers are needy.”

— Stephen King

I had a period where I thought I might not be good enough to publish.

— Stephen King

Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.

— Stephen King

“...sense of reality is important in any work of fiction...”

— Stephen King

“Good writing is often about letting go of fear and affectation.”

— Stephen King

“Obliqueness is the curse of the reading class.”

— Stephen King

“When you write a story, you're telling yourself the story. When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things…

— Stephen King

“When you write, you want to get rid of the world, do you not? Of coarse you do. When you're writing, you're…

— Stephen King

Writing is like sex. The more you think about it, the harder it is to do. It's better not to think about…

— Stephen King

I'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel…

— Stephen King

I'm afraid of all kinds of things. I'm afraid of failing at whatever story I'm writing - that it won't come up…

— Stephen King

Outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers who wish to God they were writing masters' theses.

— Stephen King

The object of fiction isn't grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story… Writing is seduction. Good…

— Stephen King

You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.

— Stephen King

“Bad writing is more than a matter of shit syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to…

— Stephen King

“Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the…

— Stephen King

I am always chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't…

— Stephen King

I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather;…

— Stephen King

“I'm convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. If one is writing for one's own pleasure, that fear…

— Stephen King

I like to write short stories more because I never met a writer who wasn't lazy. And a short story is, by…

— Stephen King

Most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don’t understand very much about what they do—not why…

— Stephen King

When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is…

— Stephen King

“I have never felt like I was creating anything. For me, writing is like walking through a desert and all at once,…

— Stephen King

How does it happen that a writer who's not even very good - and I can say that, I've read four or…

— Stephen King

“Good writing, on the other hand, teaches the learning writer about style, graceful narration, plot development, the creation of believable characters, and…

— Stephen King

I don't want to speak too disparagingly of my generation (actually I do, we had a chance to change the world and…

— Stephen King

If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway... You…

— Stephen King

“Plot is, I think, the good writer’s last resort and the dullard’s first choice. The story which results from it is apt…

— Stephen King

“But none of them taught me the things I learned from Carrie White. The most important is that the writer’s original perception…

— Stephen King

I'm a situational writer. You give me a situation, like a writer gets in a car crash, breaks his leg, is kidnapped…

— Stephen King