--- title: "13 Lines Quotes By Stephen King" description: "13 Lines quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Lines sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/stephen-king-13_clothes_i-like-to-hang-out-clothes-on-windy-days_1075891.jpg" --- > [I like to hang out clothes on windy days. Sometimes that's all I feel like. A sheet on a line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-like-to-hang-out-clothes-on-windy-days-sometimes-that-s-all-i-feel/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/stephen-king-13_clothes_i-like-to-hang-out-clothes-on-windy-days_1075891.jpg) > [Such an ego simply forbade certain lines of thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/such-an-ego-simply-forbade-certain-lines-of-thought/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/stephen-king-13_certain_such-an-ego-simply-forbade-certain-lines_2634365.jpg) > [Remember in elementary school you were told that in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/remember-in-elementary-school-you-were-told-that-in-case-of-fire-you/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/stephen-king-13_cases_remember-in-elementary-school-you-were-t_2436571.jpg) > [They were still all beautiful and there was still enchantment and wonder, but she had crossed a line and now the fairy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/they-were-still-all-beautiful-and-there-was-still-enchantment-and/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/stephen-king-13_beautiful_they-were-still-all-beautiful-and-there_967922.jpg) > [There are lots of guys out there who write a better prose line than I do and who have a better understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/there-are-lots-of-guys-out-there-who-write-a-better-prose-line-than-i/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/stephen-king-13_guy_there-are-lots-of-guys-out-there-who-wri_2351999.jpg) > [Waiting rooms were made for books-of course! But so are theater lobbies before the show, long and boring checkout lines, and everyone's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/waiting-rooms-were-made-for-books-of-course-but-so-are-theater/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/stephen-king-13_actor_waiting-rooms-were-made-for-books-of-cou_130377.jpg) > [I stood for almost an hour in a line of shuffling, bitter - eyed late mailers (Christmas is such a carefree, low…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-stood-for-almost-an-hour-in-a-line-of-shuffling-bitter-eyed-late/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/stephen-king-13_bitter_i-stood-for-almost-an-hour-in-a-line-of_1190416.jpg) > [I see things, that's all. Write enough stories and every shadow on the floor looks like a footprint; every line in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-see-things-that-s-all-write-enough-stories-and-every-shadow-on-the/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/stephen-king-13_dirt_i-see-things-that-s-all-write-enough-sto_1478297.jpg) > [But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/but-there-s-one-thing-i-m-sure-about-an-opening-line-should-invite/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/stephen-king-13_begin_but-there-s-one-thing-i-m-sure-about-an_2831488.jpg) > [I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-have-spent-a-good-many-years-since-too-many-i-think-being-ashamed/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/stephen-king-13_accused_i-have-spent-a-good-many-years-since-too_107019.jpg) > [For some reason California's always been where the struggle is about how much authority you can impose on people's private lives. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/for-some-reason-california-s-always-been-where-the-struggle-is-about/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/stephen-king-13_ass_for-some-reason-california-s-always-been_2457184.jpg) > [Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/reading-is-the-creative-center-of-a-writer-s-life-i-take-a-book-with/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/stephen-king-13_book_reading-is-the-creative-center-of-a-writ_1105276.jpg) > [There are all sorts of theories and ideas about what constitutes a good opening line. It's tricky thing, and tough to talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/there-are-all-sorts-of-theories-and-ideas-about-what-constitutes-a/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76f/stephen-king-13_firsts_there-are-all-sorts-of-theories-and-idea_1078583.jpg) ## Other authors on Lines ## 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/lines/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "13 Lines Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like to hang out clothes on windy days. Sometimes that's all I feel like. 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If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that's all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-have-spent-a-good-many-years-since-too-many-i-think-being-ashamed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/stephen-king-13_accused_i-have-spent-a-good-many-years-since-too_107019.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/stephen-king-13_accused_i-have-spent-a-good-many-years-since-too_107019.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/stephen-king-13_accused_i-have-spent-a-good-many-years-since-too_107019.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. 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