--- title: "7 Boring Quotes By Stephen King" description: "7 Boring quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Boring sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/stephen-king-13_beautiful_it-was-life-often-unsatisfying-frequentl_90028.jpg" --- > [It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-was-life-often-unsatisfying-frequently-cruel-usually-boring/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/stephen-king-13_beautiful_it-was-life-often-unsatisfying-frequentl_90028.jpg) > [Waiting rooms were made for books-of course! But so are theater lobbies before the show, long and boring checkout lines, and everyone's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/waiting-rooms-were-made-for-books-of-course-but-so-are-theater/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/stephen-king-13_actor_waiting-rooms-were-made-for-books-of-cou_130377.jpg) > [In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/in-many-cases-when-a-reader-puts-a-story-aside-because-it-got-boring/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/stephen-king-13_balls_in-many-cases-when-a-reader-puts-a-story_351727.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/when-it-comes-to-rock-music-i-m-not-much-of-a-player-but-i-do-have/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/stephen-king-13_boring_when-it-comes-to-rock-music-i-m-not-much_360309.jpg) > [Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/reading-is-the-creative-center-of-a-writer-s-life-i-take-a-book-with/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/stephen-king-13_book_reading-is-the-creative-center-of-a-writ_1105276.jpg) > [I don't want to go to the heaven that I learned about when I was a kid. To me, it seems boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-don-t-want-to-go-to-the-heaven-that-i-learned-about-when-i-was-a/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/stephen-king-13_boring_i-don-t-want-to-go-to-the-heaven-that-i_2044613.jpg) > [As a kid, death seemed boring to me. As an adult, I think that it seems more like a waste of everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/as-a-kid-death-seemed-boring-to-me-as-an-adult-i-think-that-it-seems/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/stephen-king-13_adults_as-a-kid-death-seemed-boring-to-me-as-an_3039789.jpg) ## Other authors on Boring ## 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/boring/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "7 Boring Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-was-life-often-unsatisfying-frequently-cruel-usually-boring/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/stephen-king-13_beautiful_it-was-life-often-unsatisfying-frequentl_90028.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/stephen-king-13_beautiful_it-was-life-often-unsatisfying-frequentl_90028.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/stephen-king-13_beautiful_it-was-life-often-unsatisfying-frequentl_90028.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while…” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Waiting rooms were made for books-of course! 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