--- title: "15 Long time Quotes By Stephen King" description: "15 Long time quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Long time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/stephen-king-13_funny_i-m-going-to-be-dead-for-a-long-time-so_2073371.jpg" --- > [I'm going to be dead for a long time, so I have a lot to do now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-m-going-to-be-dead-for-a-long-time-so-i-have-a-lot-to-do-now/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/stephen-king-13_funny_i-m-going-to-be-dead-for-a-long-time-so_2073371.jpg) > [I wanted to write a balls-to-the-wall supernatural horror story, something I haven't done in a long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-wanted-to-write-a-balls-to-the-wall-supernatural-horror-story/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/stephen-king-13_balls_i-wanted-to-write-a-balls-to-the-wall-su_532712.jpg) > [ Did it \[cocaine\] for about eight years. Not a terribly long time to be an addict I guess, but it is longer… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/did-it-cocaine-for-about-eight-years-not-a-terribly-long-time-to-be/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/stephen-king-13_addict_did-it-cocaine-for-about-eight-years-not_393297.jpg) > [“The silence was a comfortable one, as if they had known each other for a long time. This was a feeling about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-silence-was-a-comfortable-one-as-if-they-had-known-each-other-for/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/stephen-king-13_books_the-silence-was-a-comfortable-one-as-if_2146766.jpg) > [Trust, a sense of humor, and don't let the sun go down on an argument without trying to make it up. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/trust-a-sense-of-humor-and-don-t-let-the-sun-go-down-on-an-argument/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/stephen-king-13_argument_trust-a-sense-of-humor-and-don-t-let-the_1541335.jpg) > [“They talk like people, he thought, who have kept the huddled-up secrets of their guilts and inadequacies to themselves for a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/they-talk-like-people-he-thought-who-have-kept-the-huddled-up-secrets/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/stephen-king-13_long-time_they-talk-like-people-he-thought-who-hav_2724035.jpg) > [“During the fifth inning, something came to the edge of the woods and looked at her. Flies and noseeums made a cloud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/during-the-fifth-inning-something-came-to-the-edge-of-the-woods-and/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/stephen-king-13_history_during-the-fifth-inning-something-came-t_1460952.jpg) > [“What’s that mean?” Eddie asked. “I hate it when you start up with your Zen Buddhist shit, Roland.” “It means I don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/what-s-that-mean-eddie-asked-i-hate-it-when-you-start-up-with-your/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/stephen-king-13_long-time_what-s-that-mean-eddie-asked-i-hate-it-w_1878151.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) > [“He tottered to his feet and looked up and down the deserted strand. It was the color of an undergarment which has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/he-tottered-to-his-feet-and-looked-up-and-down-the-deserted-strand-it/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/stephen-king-13_long-time_he-tottered-to-his-feet-and-looked-up-an_1577196.jpg) > [“The woman in the tub had been dead for a long time. She was bloated and purple, her gas-filled belly rising out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-woman-in-the-tub-had-been-dead-for-a-long-time-she-was-bloated/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ef/stephen-king-13_long-time_the-woman-in-the-tub-had-been-dead-for-a_520015.jpg) > [“by Annie Wilkes... If you can get into that chair all by yourself, Paul, she said at last, then I think you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/by-annie-wilkes-if-you-can-get-into-that-chair-all-by-yourself-paul/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/stephen-king-13_closed-door_by-annie-wilkes-if-you-can-get-into-that_641214.jpg) > [ “No, you're not getting exhausted yet, Garraty." \[Stebbins\] jerked a thumb at Olson's silhouette. "That's exhausted. He's almost through now." Garraty watched… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/no-you-re-not-getting-exhausted-yet-garraty-stebbins-jerked-a-thumb/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/stephen-king-13_long-time_no-you-re-not-getting-exhausted-yet-garr_3012237.jpg) > [“I don’t believe in any actual thinking God that marks the fall of every bird in Australia or every bug in India,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-don-t-believe-in-any-actual-thinking-god-that-marks-the-fall-of/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/718/stephen-king-13_bad-people_i-don-t-believe-in-any-actual-thinking-g_862431.jpg) > [“had said, in effect: “Okay, if you can figure out the tilt, you can figure out any damn thing you choose. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/had-said-in-effect-okay-if-you-can-figure-out-the-tilt-you-can-figure/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/stephen-king-13_long-time_had-said-in-effect-okay-if-you-can-figur_1566824.jpg) ## Other authors on Long 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/long-time/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "15 Long time Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm going to be dead for a long time, so I have a lot to do now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-m-going-to-be-dead-for-a-long-time-so-i-have-a-lot-to-do-now/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/stephen-king-13_funny_i-m-going-to-be-dead-for-a-long-time-so_2073371.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/stephen-king-13_funny_i-m-going-to-be-dead-for-a-long-time-so_2073371.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/stephen-king-13_funny_i-m-going-to-be-dead-for-a-long-time-so_2073371.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm going to be dead for a long time, so I have a lot to do now.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wanted to write a balls-to-the-wall supernatural horror story, something I haven't done in a long time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-wanted-to-write-a-balls-to-the-wall-supernatural-horror-story/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/stephen-king-13_balls_i-wanted-to-write-a-balls-to-the-wall-su_532712.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/stephen-king-13_balls_i-wanted-to-write-a-balls-to-the-wall-su_532712.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/stephen-king-13_balls_i-wanted-to-write-a-balls-to-the-wall-su_532712.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wanted to write a balls-to-the-wall supernatural horror story, something I haven't done in a long time.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Did it [cocaine] for about eight years. 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You can learn from Olson.\" Garraty looked at Stebbins closely, not sure how seriously to take him. Stebbins laughed aloud. His laugh was rich and full-a startling sound that made other Walkers turn their heads. \"Go on. Go talk to him, Garraty. And if he won't talk, just get up close and have a good look. 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