--- title: "9 Built Quotes By Stephen King" description: "9 Built quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Built sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/stephen-king-13_built_i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and_2342152.jpg" --- > [I was built with a love of the night and the unquiet coffin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and-the-unquiet-coffin/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/stephen-king-13_built_i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and_2342152.jpg) > [“I was built with a love of the night and the unquiet coffin, that's all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and-the-unquiet-coffin-that-s-all/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/stephen-king-13_built_i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and_2349676.jpg) > [“I looked at what he built, and to me it explained the stars.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-looked-at-what-he-built-and-to-me-it-explained-the-stars/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/stephen-king-13_astronomy_i-looked-at-what-he-built-and-to-me-it-e_1459822.jpg) > [I've never seen novels as built things. I have a tendency to see them as found things so that I always feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-ve-never-seen-novels-as-built-things-i-have-a-tendency-to-see-them/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/stephen-king-13_archaeologists_i-ve-never-seen-novels-as-built-things-i_1250550.jpg) > [There's something in us that is very much attracted to madness. Everyone who looks off the edge of a tall building has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/there-s-something-in-us-that-is-very-much-attracted-to-madness/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/stephen-king-13_animal_there-s-something-in-us-that-is-very-muc_3235860.jpg) > [Kids know they can't make it alone, yet at the same time, built into each one of us, is a survival ethic.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/kids-know-they-can-t-make-it-alone-yet-at-the-same-time-built-into/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/stephen-king-13_built_kids-know-they-can-t-make-it-alone-yet-a_1831430.jpg) > [Everything is sort of built in a way that to me suggests intelligent design. But at the same time, there's a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/everything-is-sort-of-built-in-a-way-that-to-me-suggests-intelligent/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/stephen-king-13_big-guy_everything-is-sort-of-built-in-a-way-tha_1226296.jpg) > [Maybe that's why God made us kids first and built us close to the ground, because He knows you got to fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/maybe-that-s-why-god-made-us-kids-first-and-built-us-close-to-the/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10a/stephen-king-13_back-home_maybe-that-s-why-god-made-us-kids-first_1901001.jpg) > [If you say, Well, OK, I don't believe in God. There's no evidence of God, then you're missing the stars in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/if-you-say-well-ok-i-don-t-believe-in-god-there-s-no-evidence-of-god/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/stephen-king-13_alive_if-you-say-well-ok-i-don-t-believe-in-go_2706970.jpg) ## Other authors on Built ## 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/built/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "9 Built Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was built with a love of the night and the unquiet coffin.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and-the-unquiet-coffin/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/stephen-king-13_built_i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and_2342152.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/stephen-king-13_built_i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and_2342152.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/stephen-king-13_built_i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and_2342152.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was built with a love of the night and the unquiet coffin.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I was built with a love of the night and the unquiet coffin, that's all.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and-the-unquiet-coffin-that-s-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/stephen-king-13_built_i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and_2349676.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/stephen-king-13_built_i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and_2349676.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/stephen-king-13_built_i-was-built-with-a-love-of-the-night-and_2349676.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was built with a love of the night and the unquiet coffin, that's all.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I looked at what he built, and to me it explained the stars.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-looked-at-what-he-built-and-to-me-it-explained-the-stars/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/stephen-king-13_astronomy_i-looked-at-what-he-built-and-to-me-it-e_1459822.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/stephen-king-13_astronomy_i-looked-at-what-he-built-and-to-me-it-e_1459822.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/stephen-king-13_astronomy_i-looked-at-what-he-built-and-to-me-it-e_1459822.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I looked at what he built, and to me it explained the stars.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've never seen novels as built things. 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