Only children tell the whole truth, you know. That's what makes them children. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Any statement beginning with the words 'In truth' is almost always a lie. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“All of this was well meaning bullshit. But bullshit is still bullshit and will never be mistaken for McDonald's secret sauce.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there’s always a bloody show.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Truth was sometimes not the same as reality—this was one of the certainties that lived in the hollow, cavey place at the… — 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
if you tell yourself the great lie of bad art-that you are in charge-your chance at the truth will be lost. The… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Semi-facetiously, when people ask me why I write these kinds of stories, I simply say that I was warped as a child.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Why does she have to be such a...such a..." "Go on," I said. "The truth is never cussing, Son." "Such a bitch!” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Kids, fiction is the truth inside the lie, and the truth of this fiction is simple enough: the magic exists. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I don't want to see it anymore. It's lousy. And it's a cheat. You build it all around something... set yourself on… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There were people who lied for gain, people who lied from pain, people who lied simply because the concept of telling the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Here is one of the great truths of the human condition: when you need Stayfree Maxi Pads to absorb the expectorants produced… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Now comes the big question: What are you going to write about? And the equally big answer: Anything you damn well want.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Death . . . but not for you. That was what Walter, clever as Satan even at the end, had said. A lawyer’s answer . . . so… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“But that's not a very original idea, is it? It's really just a platitude ... sort of like a Florida sunset, Nevertheless,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Things conceived by minds and made by hands can never be quite the same, even if they try their best to be… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The truth, first encountered on that day, was this: there was a well inside her, the water in that well was poisoned,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Your lies don't anger me," Roland said, "but the fear which brings them forth does. Shut thy mouth.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The over-all impression is one of a town that is waiting to die. It is not enough, these days, to say that… — 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
“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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Climb aboard, Jonesy. I'm going to send you up where the air is rare and the view is much more than fair.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
