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title: "31 Real Quotes By Stephen King"
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> [Passing time adds false memories and modifies real ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/passing-time-adds-false-memories-and-modifies-real-ones/)

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> [“Call me Richard. That’s my real name. Call me that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/call-me-richard-that-s-my-real-name-call-me-that/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [Adults are the real monsters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/adults-are-the-real-monsters/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [“Grownups are the real monsters,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/grownups-are-the-real-monsters/)

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> [ Sometimes \[...\] real love is silent as well as blind. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/sometimes-real-love-is-silent-as-well-as-blind/)

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> [We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/we-make-up-horrors-to-help-us-cope-with-the-real-ones/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [We sometimes need to create unreal monsters and bogies to stand in for all the things we fear in our real lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/we-sometimes-need-to-create-unreal-monsters-and-bogies-to-stand-in/)

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> [Life isn't always a butcher's game. Sometimes the prizes are real. Sometimes they're precious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/life-isn-t-always-a-butcher-s-game-sometimes-the-prizes-are-real/)

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> [Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/eddie-discovered-one-of-his-childhood-s-great-truths-grownups-are-the/)

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> [Everything's a lot tougher when it's for real. That's when you choke. When it's for real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/everything-s-a-lot-tougher-when-it-s-for-real-that-s-when-you-choke/)

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> [And in real life endings aren't always neat, whether they're happy endings, or whether they're sad endings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/and-in-real-life-endings-aren-t-always-neat-whether-they-re-happy/)

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> [The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-thing-under-my-bed-waiting-to-grab-my-ankle-isn-t-real-i-know/)

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> [The concept of dreaming is known to the waking mind but to the dreamer there is no waking, no real world, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-concept-of-dreaming-is-known-to-the-waking-mind-but-to-the/)

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> [Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/both-rowling-and-meyer-they-re-speaking-directly-to-young-people-the/)

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> [A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/a-little-talent-is-a-good-thing-to-have-if-you-want-to-be-a-writer/)

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> [I hardly ever read mainstream fiction that deals with life as it is. I like an element of fantasy, something that isn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-hardly-ever-read-mainstream-fiction-that-deals-with-life-as-it-is-i/)

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> [...belief has a second edge. If there are ten thousand medieval peasants who create vampires by believing them real, there may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/belief-has-a-second-edge-if-there-are-ten-thousand-medieval-peasants/)

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> [All I can say is what you already know: some days are treasure. Not many, but I think in almost every life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/all-i-can-say-is-what-you-already-know-some-days-are-treasure-not/)

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> [I hope you liked them, Reader; that they did for you what any good story should do--make you forget the real stuff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-hope-you-liked-them-reader-that-they-did-for-you-what-any-good/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/if-you-were-a-real-fascistic-society-and-you-had-a-vocal-minority/)

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> [The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease & intimacy with the process of writing... It also offers you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-real-importance-of-reading-is-that-it-creates-an-ease-intimacy/)

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> [As it happened, all three of us turned out to be real writers--a coincidence almost too large to be termed mere coincidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/as-it-happened-all-three-of-us-turned-out-to-be-real-writers-a/)

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> [Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/writers-remember-everything-especially-the-hurts-strip-a-writer-to/)

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> [Homesickness is not always a vague, nostalgic, almost beautiful emotion, although that is somehow the way we always seem to picture it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/homesickness-is-not-always-a-vague-nostalgic-almost-beautiful-emotion/)

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> [A scary movie puts a lot of people, a mob, in one place. There are advantages to that because the panic runs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/a-scary-movie-puts-a-lot-of-people-a-mob-in-one-place-there-are/)

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> [Once I start work on a project, I don’t stop and I don’t slow down unless I absolutely have to. If I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/once-i-start-work-on-a-project-i-don-t-stop-and-i-don-t-slow-down/)

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> [I believe these stories exist because we sometimes need to create unreal monsters and bogies to stand in for all the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-believe-these-stories-exist-because-we-sometimes-need-to-create/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-s-time-for-the-wealthy-to-pay-their-fair-share-before-the-middle/)

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> [Was it pretty? Your country. . .your land?" "It was beautiful," the gunslinger said. "There were fields and forests and rivers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/was-it-pretty-your-country-your-land-it-was-beautiful-the-gunslinger/)

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> [The first real terror struck him then, and there was nothing supernatural about it. It was only a realization of how easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-first-real-terror-struck-him-then-and-there-was-nothing/)

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> [A child blind from birth doesn't even know he's blind until someone tells him. Even then he has only the most academic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/a-child-blind-from-birth-doesn-t-even-know-he-s-blind-until-someone/)

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## Other authors on Real

## 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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/climb-aboard-jonesy-i-m-going-to-send-you-up-where-the-air-is-rare/)

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                        "text": "Was it pretty? Your country. . .your land?\" \"It was beautiful,\" the gunslinger said. \"There were fields and forests and rivers and mists in the morning. But that's only pretty. My mother used to say that the only real beauty is order and love and light.",
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