--- title: "7 Beats Quotes By Stephen King" description: "7 Beats quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Beats sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/stephen-king-13_autumn_and-if-there-are-no-cars-or-planes-and-i_267521.jpg" --- > [And if there are no cars or planes, and if no one’s Uncle John is out in the wood lot west of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/and-if-there-are-no-cars-or-planes-and-if-no-one-s-uncle-john-is-out/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/stephen-king-13_autumn_and-if-there-are-no-cars-or-planes-and-i_267521.jpg) > [With six weeks' worth of recuperation time, you'll also be able to see any glaring holes in the plot or character development.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/with-six-weeks-worth-of-recuperation-time-you-ll-also-be-able-to-see/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/stephen-king-13_able_with-six-weeks-worth-of-recuperation-tim_343635.jpg) > [I think we fought Vietnam for the benefits of civilization, and certainly we fought it to oppose authority. To show our authority,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-think-we-fought-vietnam-for-the-benefits-of-civilization-and/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/stephen-king-13_authority_i-think-we-fought-vietnam-for-the-benefi_660745.jpg) > [The kids accepted my drinking as a part of life. Not a particularly pernicious part. I didn't beat up on them. Basically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-kids-accepted-my-drinking-as-a-part-of-life-not-a-particularly/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/stephen-king-13_accepted_the-kids-accepted-my-drinking-as-a-part_745744.jpg) > [You know what talent is? The curse of expectation. As a kid you have to deal with that, beat it somehow. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/you-know-what-talent-is-the-curse-of-expectation-as-a-kid-you-have-to/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/stephen-king-13_beats_you-know-what-talent-is-the-curse-of-exp_858585.jpg) > [Now panic beats and flutters inside my skull like a flock of starlings locked in an attic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/now-panic-beats-and-flutters-inside-my-skull-like-a-flock-of/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/stephen-king-13_anxiety_now-panic-beats-and-flutters-inside-my-s_1754006.jpg) > [Put an egg in your shoe and beat it, make like a tree and leave, imitate an amoeba and split.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/put-an-egg-in-your-shoe-and-beat-it-make-like-a-tree-and-leave/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/stephen-king-13_beats_put-an-egg-in-your-shoe-and-beat-it-make_2353961.jpg) ## Other authors on Beats ## More by Stephen King > [Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/shall-there-be-truth-between-us-as-two-men-not-as-friends-but-as/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-worst-advice-don-t-listen-to-the-critics-i-think-that-you-really/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/october-3-2017-the-clown-hagarty-said-looked-like-a-cross-between/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/eddie-saw-great-things-and-near-misses-albert-einstein-as-a-child-not/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-hurt-of-course-but-more-often-than-not-the-best-things-do-i-ve/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-idea-that-creative-endeavor-and-mind-altering-substances-are/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-sun-had-burned-through-and-the-day-had-gone-from-dull-to-dazzling/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/god-you-had-enough-time-to-have-been-through-it-three-times-you-ve/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/flakes-of-snow-swirled-and-danced-across-the-porch-the-overlook-faced/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/in-that-instant-it-all-seemed-to-come-clear-to-him-it-came-in-a/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/who-gets-to-be-best-liked-in-any-community-who-is-the-most-trusted/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“¿Lo ves, tonto? Volvió a regañarse. Tú lo inventaste todo, gato asustado. No fue más que tu imaginación, gato asustado, gato asustado... No te…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/lo-ves-tonto-volvi-a-rega-arse-t-lo-inventaste-todo-gato-asustado-no/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/death-but-not-for-you-that-was-what-walter-clever-as-satan-even-at/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-ghost-story-movie-that-scared-me-the-most-was-the-changeling-with/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Climb aboard, Jonesy. I'm going to send you up where the air is rare and the view is much more than fair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/climb-aboard-jonesy-i-m-going-to-send-you-up-where-the-air-is-rare/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beats/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "7 Beats Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And if there are no cars or planes, and if no one’s Uncle John is out in the wood lot west of town banging away at a quail or pheasant; if the only sound is the slow beat of your own heart, you can hear another sound, and that is the sound of life winding down to its cyclic close, waiting for the first winter snow to perform last rites.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/and-if-there-are-no-cars-or-planes-and-if-no-one-s-uncle-john-is-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/stephen-king-13_autumn_and-if-there-are-no-cars-or-planes-and-i_267521.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/stephen-king-13_autumn_and-if-there-are-no-cars-or-planes-and-i_267521.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/stephen-king-13_autumn_and-if-there-are-no-cars-or-planes-and-i_267521.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And if there are no cars or planes, and if no one’s Uncle John is out in the wood lot west of town banging…” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With six weeks' worth of recuperation time, you'll also be able to see any glaring holes in the plot or character development. 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