--- title: "15 First time Quotes By Stephen King" description: "15 First time quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more First time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/stephen-king-13_ahab_she-felt-like-captain-ahab-for-the-first_1920014.jpg" --- > [“She felt like Captain Ahab, for the first time sighting his great white whale.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/she-felt-like-captain-ahab-for-the-first-time-sighting-his-great/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/stephen-king-13_ahab_she-felt-like-captain-ahab-for-the-first_1920014.jpg) > [Only God gets things right the first time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/only-god-gets-things-right-the-first-time/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/stephen-king-13_first-time_only-god-gets-things-right-the-first-tim_2405213.jpg) > [“She gave him a strange maternal grin. For the first time, clearly, the thought surfaced in Paul Sheldon’s mind: I am in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/she-gave-him-a-strange-maternal-grin-for-the-first-time-clearly-the/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/stephen-king-13_first-time_she-gave-him-a-strange-maternal-grin-for_2365978.jpg) > [“I done a few things in my life that I'm not proud of, but this is the first time I ever felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-done-a-few-things-in-my-life-that-i-m-not-proud-of-but-this-is-the/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f14/stephen-king-13_danger_i-done-a-few-things-in-my-life-that-i-m_2610772.jpg) > [Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/jake-went-in-aware-that-he-had-for-the-first-time-in-three-weeks/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/stephen-king-13_another-world_jake-went-in-aware-that-he-had-for-the-f_3104929.jpg) > [“And no matter how much I want to encourage the man or woman trying for the first time to write seriously, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/and-no-matter-how-much-i-want-to-encourage-the-man-or-woman-trying/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/stephen-king-13_first-time_and-no-matter-how-much-i-want-to-encoura_2974062.jpg) > [“He didn't just dig me; he dug me the MOST. Nothing can compare to hearing something like that from a seventeen-year-old kid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/he-didn-t-just-dig-me-he-dug-me-the-most-nothing-can-compare-to/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/stephen-king-13_first-time_he-didn-t-just-dig-me-he-dug-me-the-most_2794611.jpg) > [ “The Writer: \[voiceover\] I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being. It happened in the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-writer-voiceover-i-was-12-going-on-13-the-first-time-i-saw-a-dead/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/stephen-king-13_first-time_the-writer-voiceover-i-was-12-going-on-1_1318694.jpg) > [“Roland knew the story and said nothing. It was Eddie who didn’t know the story, an Eddie who was really clear-headed for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/roland-knew-the-story-and-said-nothing-it-was-eddie-who-didn-t-know/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/stephen-king-13_first-time_roland-knew-the-story-and-said-nothing-i_2980975.jpg) > [“But it was the first time I had ever really used the place I knew and the things I felt in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/but-it-was-the-first-time-i-had-ever-really-used-the-place-i-knew-and/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/stephen-king-13_first-time_but-it-was-the-first-time-i-had-ever-rea_931256.jpg) > [...for the first time in my life, writing was hard. The problem was the teaching...by most Friday afternoons I felt as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/for-the-first-time-in-my-life-writing-was-hard-the-problem-was-the/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/stephen-king-13_afternoon_for-the-first-time-in-my-life-writing-wa_3097444.jpg) > [I want to engage the reader. I'm an emotional writer, in the sense that I would be happy if you re-read a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-want-to-engage-the-reader-i-m-an-emotional-writer-in-the-sense-that/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/stephen-king-13_book_i-want-to-engage-the-reader-i-m-an-emoti_816746.jpg) > [“The hands pulled him forward regardless. The hands of the Tower knew no mercy. They were the hands of Gan, the hands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-hands-pulled-him-forward-regardless-the-hands-of-the-tower-knew/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/stephen-king-13_compassion_the-hands-pulled-him-forward-regardless_1793495.jpg) > [“Kennedy entered, waving to the standing audience, an elderly gentleman in an Alpine hat and lederhosen struck up “Hail to the Chief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/kennedy-entered-waving-to-the-standing-audience-an-elderly-gentleman/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/stephen-king-13_first-time_kennedy-entered-waving-to-the-standing-a_2360767.jpg) > [“Before drifting away entirely, he found himself reflecting---not for the first time---on the peculiarity of adults. Thet took laxatives, liquor, or sleeping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/before-drifting-away-entirely-he-found-himself-reflecting-not-for-the/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/stephen-king-13_children_before-drifting-away-entirely-he-found-h_1768928.jpg) ## Other authors on First time ## 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/first-time/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "15 First time Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She felt like Captain Ahab, for the first time sighting his great white whale.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/she-felt-like-captain-ahab-for-the-first-time-sighting-his-great/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/stephen-king-13_ahab_she-felt-like-captain-ahab-for-the-first_1920014.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/stephen-king-13_ahab_she-felt-like-captain-ahab-for-the-first_1920014.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/stephen-king-13_ahab_she-felt-like-captain-ahab-for-the-first_1920014.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She felt like Captain Ahab, for the first time sighting his great white whale.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Only God gets things right the first time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/only-god-gets-things-right-the-first-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/stephen-king-13_first-time_only-god-gets-things-right-the-first-tim_2405213.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/stephen-king-13_first-time_only-god-gets-things-right-the-first-tim_2405213.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/stephen-king-13_first-time_only-god-gets-things-right-the-first-tim_2405213.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Only God gets things right the first time.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She gave him a strange maternal grin. 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