Writing Quotes by Stephen King

What is writing? Writing is telepathy.

— Stephen King

“Words have weight.”

— Stephen King

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

— Stephen King

I write to find out what I think.

— Stephen King

I never met a writer who wasn't lazy.

— Stephen King

“To know, I have to write.”

— Stephen King

Writing is seduction.

— Stephen King

“Resolution demands a sacrifice.”

— Stephen King

...writing fiction...is no job for intellectual cowards.

— 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'm convinced that FEAR is at the root, of all bad writing

— Stephen King

Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment.

— Stephen King

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

— Stephen King

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

— Stephen King

Sometimes life coughs up coincidences no writer of fiction would dare copy.

— 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

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

— Stephen King

“I think we're actually talking about creative sleep. Like your bedroom, your writing room should be private, a place where you go…

— Stephen King

“As Wendy watched them they burst into a chord of tinkling, girlish laughter. She felt a smile touch her own lips; not…

— Stephen King

I identify with the characters very closely. At the same time that I'm outside, writing, I'm also inside, experiencing, and it can…

— 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

When it comes to rock music, I'm not much of a player, but I do have entry-level chops. I'm more knowledgeable as…

— Stephen King

By the time I was fourteen the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of the rejection slips impaled…

— 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

Anywhere in New York, anywhere in the country, somewhere there's going to be a Coke sign. People identify with Coke. You can…

— Stephen King

“It seems to occur to few of the attendees [of a writing retreat] that if you have a feel you just can't…

— 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 understand that each one of us works at a different speed, and has a slightly different process. I understand that these…

— Stephen King

When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that…

— 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

“There are thousands of talented writers at work in America, and only a few of them (I think the number might be…

— Stephen King

A friend came to visit James Joyce one day and found the great man sprawled across his writing desk in a posture…

— 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

The story is the only thing that's important. Everything else will take care of itself. It's like what bowlers say. You hear…

— Stephen King