I'm afraid of all kinds of things. I'm afraid of failing at whatever story I'm writing - that it won't come up… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
All I ask is that you do as well as you can, and remember that, while to write adverbs is human, to… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Writing may be masturbatory, but God forbid it should be an act off autocannibalism.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I write in the mornings, in the bright daylight. But I get most of my good ideas after the sun has gone… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
You know," King said, "I'm not much good at telling stories. That sounds like a paradox, but it's not; it's the reason… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: Read a Lot & Write a Lot — Stephen King Copy Share Image
At its most basic we are discussing a learned skill (writing), but do we not agree that sometimes the most basic skills… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I hated school. I don't trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14 to 18 with any enjoyment. If you… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I want to suggest that to write to your best abilities, it behooves you to construct your own toolbox and then build… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“He didn't need a psychiatrist to point out that writing had its autoerotic side — you beat a typewriter instead of your… — 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
“The work, the pride in your work, the worth of the work itself...all those things faded away to the magic-lantern shades they… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Write what you like, then imbue it with life and make it unique by blending in your own personal knowledge of life,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The sort of strenuous reading and writing program I advocate - four to six hours a day, every day - will not… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“There are thousands of talented writers at work in America, and only a few of them (I think the number might be… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
A friend came to visit James Joyce one day and found the great man sprawled across his writing desk in a posture… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The story is the only thing that's important. Everything else will take care of itself. It's like what bowlers say. You hear… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Good writing, on the other hand, teaches the learning writer about style, graceful narration, plot development, the creation of believable characters, and… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I understand that each one of us works at a different speed, and has a slightly different process. I understand that these… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I have never felt like I was creating anything. For me, writing is like walking through a desert and all at once,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I don't want to speak too disparagingly of my generation (actually I do, we had a chance to change the world and… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Do you need someone to make you a paper badge with the word WRITER on it before you can believe you are… — 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
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
The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. — 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
If I can get it down on paper without puking all over the word processor, then as far as I'm concerned, it's… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Poe was the first writer to write about main characters who were bad guys or who were mad guys, and those are… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“He felt as he always did when he finished a book — queerly empty, let down, aware that for each little success… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The writer's original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader's. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“There's an old rule of theater that goes, 'If there's a gun on the mantel in Act I, it must go off… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or despair ... Come to it any way but lightly. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The rest of it - and perhaps the best of it - is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Even after a thousand pages we don’t want to leave the world the writer has made for us, or the make-believe people… — 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
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
“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
“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
It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found. — Stephen King Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
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
“¿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
“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
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
“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
