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Giving Quotes by Stephen King

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A dialogue gives characters their voices in King’s thoughts about the struggle to give up pleasure. He warns that hunger fuels art while talent is cheap, and he asks for what is needed, not just what is asked. The writer also treats situations as prompts for stories.

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I don't have nightmares; I give them all to you.

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don't give me what I ask for, give me what I need...

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the only mortal sin is giving up.

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Bird and bear and hare and fish, give my love her fondest wish.

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How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?

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“The Dark Powers have to give before they can take.”

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Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.

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Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly.

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It's dialogue that gives your cast their voices, and is crucial in defining their characters.

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Dead was the gift that kept on giving. Dead, like diamonds, was forever.

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I always like to see enlightened parents like that; it gives me hope for the future.

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But it's hard for a man to give up all his pleasures, even when they don't pleasure him no more.

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“If God gives you something you can do, why in God’s name wouldn’t you do it? My”

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A woman who would steal your love when your love was really all you had to give was not much of a…

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Writers must be fair and remember even bad guys (most of them, anyway) see themselves as good—they are the heroes of their…

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There's nothing as human as hunger. There's no creation without talent, I give you that, but talent is cheap. Talent goes begging.…

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Give a man or woman back his self-respect, and in most cases-not all, but most-you also give back that person's ability to…

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A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it. You prime a pump with your own…

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It hurts to imagine stuff. It can give you a headache. Probably doesn't hurt physically, but it hurts mentally. But the more…

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Come to a book as you would come to an unexplored land. Come without a map. Explore it, and draw your own…

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No writer, painter, or actor - no artist - is ever handed a sharp knife (although a few people are handed almighty…

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The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want for nothing. He makes me lie down in the green pastures. He greases…

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It's time for the wealthy to pay their fair share before the middle class becomes the forgotten class.- And it's time for…

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The first thing was to get down to Addie Richardson's henhouse, and that was a goodish way, four or five miles. She…

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I'm a situational writer. You give me a situation, like a writer gets in a car crash, breaks his leg, is kidnapped…

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How does it happen that a writer who's not even very good - and I can say that, I've read four or…

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I like to write short stories more because I never met a writer who wasn't lazy. And a short story is, by…

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One night when my longing for her was like a fire burning out of control in my heart and my head, I…

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A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take A Midsummer…

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In a brilliant fusion of fact and fiction, Jayne Anne Phillips has written the novel of the year. It's the story of…

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There's two kinds of evil that horror fiction always deals with. One kind is the sort of evil that comes from inside…

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When all else fails, give up and go to the library.

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Never give a good politician time to pray.

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They walked back into the world together, wearing the gift that had been given them: just life. Pity was not love, Barbie…

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“Show me a man or woman alone and I’ll show you a saint. Give me two and they’ll fall in love. Give…

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If you were a real fascistic society and you had a vocal minority that was shouting, "Stop this, stop that, stop the…

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I love you too much to lie to you, Lisey. I love you with all that passes for my heart. I suspect…

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“Climb aboard, Jonesy. I'm going to send you up where the air is rare and the view is much more than fair.”