--- title: "8 Blow Quotes By Stephen King" description: "8 Blow quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Blow sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/stephen-king-13_blow_it-s-up-to-men-to-build-things-it-s-up-t_66635.jpg" --- > [It's up to men to build things ... it's up to God to blow them down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-s-up-to-men-to-build-things-it-s-up-to-god-to-blow-them-down/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/stephen-king-13_blow_it-s-up-to-men-to-build-things-it-s-up-t_66635.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) > [Let’s talk, you and I. Let’s talk about fear. The house is empty as I write this; a cold February rain is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/let-s-talk-you-and-i-let-s-talk-about-fear-the-house-is-empty-as-i/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/stephen-king-13_blow_let-s-talk-you-and-i-let-s-talk-about-fe_959676.jpg) > [If you're just starting out as a writer, you could do worse than strip your television's electric plug-wire, wrap a spike around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/if-you-re-just-starting-out-as-a-writer-you-could-do-worse-than-strip/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/stephen-king-13_blow_if-you-re-just-starting-out-as-a-writer_1201746.jpg) > [A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take A Midsummer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/a-tragedy-is-a-tragedy-and-at-the-bottom-all-tragedies-are-stupid/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/328/stephen-king-13_blow_a-tragedy-is-a-tragedy-and-at-the-bottom_2050242.jpg) > [“Come back here, kid! I’ll blow you for free. Come back here!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/come-back-here-kid-i-ll-blow-you-for-free-come-back-here/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/stephen-king-13_blow_come-back-here-kid-i-ll-blow-you-for-fre_2319452.jpg) > [Time is a keyhole… We sometimes bend and peer through it. And the wind we feel on our cheeks when we do--the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/time-is-a-keyhole-we-sometimes-bend-and-peer-through-it-and-the-wind/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bb/stephen-king-13_blow_time-is-a-keyhole-we-sometimes-bend-and_2554573.jpg) > [And all that weirdness isn't just going on outside. It's in you too, right now, growing in the dark like magic mushrooms.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/and-all-that-weirdness-isn-t-just-going-on-outside-it-s-in-you-too/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d3/stephen-king-13_bigs_and-all-that-weirdness-isn-t-just-going_2660500.jpg) ## Other authors on Blow ## 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/blow/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "8 Blow Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's up to men to build things ... it's up to God to blow them down.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-s-up-to-men-to-build-things-it-s-up-to-god-to-blow-them-down/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/stephen-king-13_blow_it-s-up-to-men-to-build-things-it-s-up-t_66635.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/stephen-king-13_blow_it-s-up-to-men-to-build-things-it-s-up-t_66635.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/stephen-king-13_blow_it-s-up-to-men-to-build-things-it-s-up-t_66635.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's up to men to build things ... it's up to God to blow them down.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know what talent is? 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