“If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the tools to write.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Most gothics are overplotted novels whose success or failure hinges on the author's ability to make you believe in the characters and… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It's dialogue that gives your cast their voices, and is crucial in defining their characters. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I can't lie and say there are no bad writers. Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers. — 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
The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I gradually realized that I was seeing another example of creative ebb, another step by another art on the road that may… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot…reading… — 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
I want to engage the reader. I'm an emotional writer, in the sense that I would be happy if you re-read a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
By writing a horror novel where this inexplicable disorder takes over in our ordered lives, you make order look better by comparison.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Writers must be fair and remember even bad guys (most of them, anyway) see themselves as good—they are the heroes of their… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Making people believe the unbelievable is no trick; it’s work. Belief and reader absorption come in the details: An overturned tricycle in… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Almost everyone can remember losing his or her virginity, and most writers can remember the first book he/she walked away from thinking,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Let’s talk, you and I. Let’s talk about fear. The house is empty as I write this; a cold February rain is… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I have always felt a little bit uncomfortable with question [why I'm write these stories]. It's not a question that you would… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I never think of stories as made things; I think of them as found things. As if you pull them out of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When I gave up dope and alcohol, my immediate feeling was 'I've saved my life, but there'll be a price because I'll… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When I knew I was going to be able to write full time, I wondered, "What's going to happen to the relationships… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There are all sorts of theories and ideas about what constitutes a good opening line. It's tricky thing, and tough to talk… — 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
For me, good description usually consists of a few well-chosen details that will stand for everything else. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“...he was after all, a novelist...and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Writing is like a little hole in reality that you can go through and you can get out and you can be… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot if difference. They don't have to makes speeches.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“There'll always be a market for shit, of course. Just look at Jeffrey Archer! He writes like old people fuck doesn't he?” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction. If not so, why do so many couples who start the evening at… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
You learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas. — 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
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