--- title: "15 Waiting Quotes By Stephen King" description: "15 Waiting quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Waiting sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5c/stephen-king-13_helpful_amateurs-sit-and-wait-for-inspiration-th_1882412.jpg" --- > [Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/amateurs-sit-and-wait-for-inspiration-the-rest-of-us-just-get-up-and/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5c/stephen-king-13_helpful_amateurs-sit-and-wait-for-inspiration-th_1882412.jpg) > [“Waiting rooms were made for books—of course!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/waiting-rooms-were-made-for-books-of-course/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/stephen-king-13_books_waiting-rooms-were-made-for-books-of-cou_1289134.jpg) > [Let evil wait for the day on which it must fall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/let-evil-wait-for-the-day-on-which-it-must-fall/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/stephen-king-13_dark-tower_let-evil-wait-for-the-day-on-which-it-mu_3094598.jpg) > [A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/a-library-is-a-place-where-you-can-live-a-thousand-lives-so-why-are/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/stephen-king-13_library_a-library-is-a-place-where-you-can-live_2631082.jpg) > [Guys like Henry and his buddies were an accident waiting to happen; the little kids' version of floods or tornadoes or gallstones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/guys-like-henry-and-his-buddies-were-an-accident-waiting-to-happen/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b37/stephen-king-13_accidents_guys-like-henry-and-his-buddies-were-an_1345674.jpg) > [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/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/stephen-king-13_able_the-thing-under-my-bed-waiting-to-grab-m_2040068.jpg) > [Tell him he's wrong. Tell him that even if he's right about waiting, he's right for the wrong reasons, and that makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/tell-him-he-s-wrong-tell-him-that-even-if-he-s-right-about-waiting-he/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/stephen-king-13_reason_tell-him-he-s-wrong-tell-him-that-even-i_2219136.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) > [Life is a wheel, and if you wait long enough, it always comes back around to where it started.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/life-is-a-wheel-and-if-you-wait-long-enough-it-always-comes-back/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f6/stephen-king-13_enough_life-is-a-wheel-and-if-you-wait-long-eno_602713.jpg) > [There were people who lied for gain, people who lied from pain, people who lied simply because the concept of telling the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/there-were-people-who-lied-for-gain-people-who-lied-from-pain-people/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/stephen-king-13_aliens_there-were-people-who-lied-for-gain-peop_2624047.jpg) > [You know how it's going to end, but instead of spoiling things, that somehow increases your fascination. It's like watching a kid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/you-know-how-it-s-going-to-end-but-instead-of-spoiling-things-that/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4db/stephen-king-13_curves_you-know-how-it-s-going-to-end-but-inste_2481423.jpg) > [And if there are no cars or planes, and if no one’s Uncle John is out in the wood lot west of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/and-if-there-are-no-cars-or-planes-and-if-no-one-s-uncle-john-is-out/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/stephen-king-13_autumn_and-if-there-are-no-cars-or-planes-and-i_267521.jpg) > [“So do we pass the ghosts that haunt us later in our lives; they sit undramatically by the roadside like poor beggars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/so-do-we-pass-the-ghosts-that-haunt-us-later-in-our-lives-they-sit/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/stephen-king-13_beggar_so-do-we-pass-the-ghosts-that-haunt-us-l_956537.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) > [Don't wait for the muse. As I've said, he's a hardheaded guy who's not susceptible to a lot of creative fluttering. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/don-t-wait-for-the-muse-as-i-ve-said-he-s-a-hardheaded-guy-who-s-not/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/stephen-king-13_boards_don-t-wait-for-the-muse-as-i-ve-said-he_2732613.jpg) ## Other authors on Waiting ## 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/waiting/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "15 Waiting Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/amateurs-sit-and-wait-for-inspiration-the-rest-of-us-just-get-up-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5c/stephen-king-13_helpful_amateurs-sit-and-wait-for-inspiration-th_1882412.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5c/stephen-king-13_helpful_amateurs-sit-and-wait-for-inspiration-th_1882412.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5c/stephen-king-13_helpful_amateurs-sit-and-wait-for-inspiration-th_1882412.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Waiting rooms were made for books—of course!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/waiting-rooms-were-made-for-books-of-course/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/stephen-king-13_books_waiting-rooms-were-made-for-books-of-cou_1289134.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/stephen-king-13_books_waiting-rooms-were-made-for-books-of-cou_1289134.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/stephen-king-13_books_waiting-rooms-were-made-for-books-of-cou_1289134.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Waiting rooms were made for books—of course!” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let evil wait for the day on which it must fall.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/let-evil-wait-for-the-day-on-which-it-must-fall/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/stephen-king-13_dark-tower_let-evil-wait-for-the-day-on-which-it-mu_3094598.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/stephen-king-13_dark-tower_let-evil-wait-for-the-day-on-which-it-mu_3094598.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/stephen-king-13_dark-tower_let-evil-wait-for-the-day-on-which-it-mu_3094598.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let evil wait for the day on which it must fall.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. 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