--- title: "6 Forgotten Quotes By Stephen King" description: "6 Forgotten quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Forgotten sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/stephen-king-13_dies_only-two-things-happen-to-writers-when-t_284872.jpg" --- > [Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/only-two-things-happen-to-writers-when-they-die-either-their-work/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/stephen-king-13_dies_only-two-things-happen-to-writers-when-t_284872.jpg) > [It's time for the wealthy to pay their fair share before the middle class becomes the forgotten class.- And it's time for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-s-time-for-the-wealthy-to-pay-their-fair-share-before-the-middle/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/stephen-king-13_american-dream_it-s-time-for-the-wealthy-to-pay-their-f_611234.jpg) > [All is forgotten in the stone halls of the dead. These are the rooms of ruin where the spiders spin and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/all-is-forgotten-in-the-stone-halls-of-the-dead-these-are-the-rooms/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fd/stephen-king-13_circuits_all-is-forgotten-in-the-stone-halls-of-t_658900.jpg) > [But now the joy is gone and the sadness is back, the sadness feels like something deserved, the price of some not-quite-forgotten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/but-now-the-joy-is-gone-and-the-sadness-is-back-the-sadness-feels/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a5/stephen-king-13_betrayal_but-now-the-joy-is-gone-and-the-sadness_789615.jpg) > [I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-do-not-aim-with-my-hand-he-who-aims-with-his-hand-has-forgotten-the/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/stephen-king-13_aim_i-do-not-aim-with-my-hand-he-who-aims-wi_2753201.jpg) > [I do not kill with my gun; He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-do-not-kill-with-my-gun-he-who-kills-with-his-gun-has-forgotten-the/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/stephen-king-13_dark-tower_i-do-not-kill-with-my-gun-he-who-kills-w_2876887.jpg) ## Other authors on Forgotten ## 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/forgotten/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "6 Forgotten Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/only-two-things-happen-to-writers-when-they-die-either-their-work/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/stephen-king-13_dies_only-two-things-happen-to-writers-when-t_284872.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/stephen-king-13_dies_only-two-things-happen-to-writers-when-t_284872.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/stephen-king-13_dies_only-two-things-happen-to-writers-when-t_284872.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's time for the wealthy to pay their fair share before the middle class becomes the forgotten class.- And it's time for the banks to give back what they were given. 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