“But my father needed a job so he could finish a play he was working on . . .” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Has it ever occurred to you," he said abruptly, "that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather;… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
A little arrogance (or even a lot) isn't such a bad thing, although your mother undoubtedly told you different. Mine did. "Pride… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I believe these stories exist because we sometimes need to create unreal monsters and bogies to stand in for all the things… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but size. Size encompasses life, and the Tower encompasses size. The child, who… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Myrna was part of a ballet troupe and Jack had seen her and the other dancers perform—his mother often made him go… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Some stuff has to be done even if there is a risk. That's the first important thing I ever found out I… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I do not kill with my gun; He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Other than when I got the news about Mom, I can only remember one other time when I cried as an adult,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I wish to fuck I was your father!” he said angrily. “You wouldn’t go around talking about takin those stupid shop courses… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Faith and power, he had come to believe, were interchangeable. Was the final truth even simpler? That no act of faith was… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“It took me twenty years of living with my father to accept the idea that being good could be good enough. You… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Once Tim asked his father what civilized meant. “Taxes,” Big Ross said, and laughed—” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Don't let the sun go down without saying thank you to someone, and without admitting to yourself that absolutely no one gets… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“It took me twenty years of living with my father to accept the idea that being good could be good enough.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals? — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“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.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“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.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“¿Lo ves, tonto? Volvió a regañarse. Tú lo inventaste todo, gato asustado. No fue más que tu imaginación, gato asustado, gato asustado... No te… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
