--- title: "5 Knives Quotes By Stephen King" description: "5 Knives quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Knives sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/stephen-king-13_cutting_talent-is-a-dull-knife-that-will-cut-not_932304.jpg" --- > [Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/talent-is-a-dull-knife-that-will-cut-nothing-unless-it-is-wielded/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/stephen-king-13_cutting_talent-is-a-dull-knife-that-will-cut-not_932304.jpg) > [Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/talent-is-a-dreadfully-cheap-commodity-cheaper-than-table-salt-what/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/stephen-king-13_cheaper_talent-is-a-dreadfully-cheap-commodity-c_1000622.jpg) > [For a moment everything was clear, and when that happens you see that the world is barely there at all. Don't we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/for-a-moment-everything-was-clear-and-when-that-happens-you-see-that-2/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/stephen-king-13_balanced_for-a-moment-everything-was-clear-and-wh_2575131.jpg) > [“Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/discipline-and-constant-work-are-the-whetstones-upon-which-the-dull/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/stephen-king-13_constant_discipline-and-constant-work-are-the-whe_2604421.jpg) > [No writer, painter, or actor - no artist - is ever handed a sharp knife (although a few people are handed almighty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/no-writer-painter-or-actor-no-artist-is-ever-handed-a-sharp-knife/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/stephen-king-13_actors_no-writer-painter-or-actor-no-artist-is_2859711.jpg) ## Other authors on Knives ## 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/knives/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "5 Knives Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/talent-is-a-dull-knife-that-will-cut-nothing-unless-it-is-wielded/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/stephen-king-13_cutting_talent-is-a-dull-knife-that-will-cut-not_932304.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/stephen-king-13_cutting_talent-is-a-dull-knife-that-will-cut-not_932304.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/stephen-king-13_cutting_talent-is-a-dull-knife-that-will-cut-not_932304.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. 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