--- title: "6 Checks Quotes By Stephen King" description: "6 Checks quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Checks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/stephen-king-13_bills_if-you-wrote-something-for-which-someone_1088496.jpg" --- > [“If you wrote something for which someone sent you a cheque, if you cashed the cheque and it didn't bounce, and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/if-you-wrote-something-for-which-someone-sent-you-a-cheque-if-you/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/stephen-king-13_bills_if-you-wrote-something-for-which-someone_1088496.jpg) > [We live in a society now where the sexual taboo for children has really passed by the wayside. Any nineyear-old can go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/we-live-in-a-society-now-where-the-sexual-taboo-for-children-has/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/stephen-king-13_checks_we-live-in-a-society-now-where-the-sexua_1102961.jpg) > [and the rain went rollin down the windowpanes, and the shadows wiggled n' squiggled on her check and forehead like black veins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/and-the-rain-went-rollin-down-the-windowpanes-and-the-shadows-wiggled/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ef/stephen-king-13_black_and-the-rain-went-rollin-down-the-window_1943750.jpg) > [Where you think I’m goan?’ ‘Well,’ Eddie said, ‘what was behind Door Number One wasn’t so hot, and what was behind Door…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/where-you-think-i-m-goan-well-eddie-said-what-was-behind-door-number/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/638/stephen-king-13_behinds_where-you-think-i-m-goan-well-eddie-said_2590356.jpg) > [I did a couple of writing seminars in Canada with high school kids. These were the bright kids; they all have computers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-did-a-couple-of-writing-seminars-in-canada-with-high-school-kids/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/stephen-king-13_21st-century_i-did-a-couple-of-writing-seminars-in-ca_2890407.jpg) > [I've been typed as a horror writer, and I've always said to people, "I don't care what you call me as long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-ve-been-typed-as-a-horror-writer-and-i-ve-always-said-to-people-i/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/stephen-king-13_bounce_i-ve-been-typed-as-a-horror-writer-and-i_3228640.jpg) ## Other authors on Checks ## 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/checks/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "6 Checks Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you wrote something for which someone sent you a cheque, if you cashed the cheque and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/if-you-wrote-something-for-which-someone-sent-you-a-cheque-if-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/stephen-king-13_bills_if-you-wrote-something-for-which-someone_1088496.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/stephen-king-13_bills_if-you-wrote-something-for-which-someone_1088496.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/stephen-king-13_bills_if-you-wrote-something-for-which-someone_1088496.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you wrote something for which someone sent you a cheque, if you cashed the cheque and it didn't bounce…” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We live in a society now where the sexual taboo for children has really passed by the wayside. 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