“Her support was a constant, one of the few good things I could take as a given. And whenever I see a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When you write you tell yourself a story. When you rewrite you take out everything that is NOT the story. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don't understand very… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The gotta, as in: “I think I’ll stay up another fifteen-twenty minutes, honey, I gotta see how this chapter comes out.” Even… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“ Not being sure of things , he knew, was a charmless corner of purgatory reserved for writers who were driving fast… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
No writer, painter, or actor - no artist - is ever handed a sharp knife (although a few people are handed almighty… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot if difference. They don't have to makes speeches.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair - the sense that you can never completely… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I did a couple of writing seminars in Canada with high school kids. These were the bright kids; they all have computers,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When I knew I was going to be able to write full time, I wondered, "What's going to happen to the relationships… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The great thing about writing is that...you can do all these antisocial things and you get paid for them and nobody ever… — 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. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Most gothics are overplotted novels whose success or failure hinges on the author's ability to make you believe in the characters and… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Speech destroys the function of love, I think-that's a hell of a thing for a writer to say, I guess, but I… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Not writing would be like going the rest of your life without having dreams. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“And no matter how much I want to encourage the man or woman trying for the first time to write seriously, I… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“It’s easy to become careless when making rough comparisons, but the alternative is a prissy attention to detail that takes all the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Never believe a writer. Listen to them, by all means, but never believe them.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I like to write short stories more because I never met a writer who wasn't lazy. And a short story is, by… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I want to write about spiders. To me, this is the one theme that cuts right across and scares just about everybody.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I'm seen as somebody who writes for adults because I'm an older man myself. Some of them find me, and a lot… — 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
