All Stephen King Quotes
- Memories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own. Chasing
- I've given up thinking - it keeps getting me into trouble. Given
- Maybe that's why God made us kids first and built us close to the ground, because He knows you got to fall down a lot… Back Home
- There are a great many ways to commit suicide you know. Commit
- If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die. Die
- It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening, because they're not overtly sexual. A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed… All
- So okay - there you are in your room with the shade down and the door shut and the plug pulled out of the base… Answer
- The first is that good writing consists of mastering the fundamentals (vocabulary, grammar, the elements of style) and then filling the third level of your… Bad
- Writers must be fair and remember even bad guys (most of them, anyway) see themselves as good—they are the heroes of their own lives. Giving… Bad
- The writer must have a good imagination to begin with, but the imagination has to be muscular, which means it must be exercised in a… Begin
- The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day. Battle
- But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here.… Begin
- A product is something made in a factory; a brand is something that is bought by the customer. A product can be copied by a… Bought
- Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good. Darn
- Let’s talk, you and I. Let’s talk about fear. The house is empty as I write this; a cold February rain is falling outside. It’s… Blow
- Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes. Doe
- I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops. Adverbs
- Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are all sorts of… All
- I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather; you may feel… Adverbs
- The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season. Book
- There should be no telephone in your writing room, certainly no TV or videogames for you to fool around with. If there’s a window, draw… Blank
- I have no opinion. No, none at all. Opinion is politics, and politics is an evil which has caused many a fellow to be hung… All
- God pisses down the back of your neck every day but only drowns you once. Day
- Any statement beginning with the words 'In truth' is almost always a lie. Almost Always
- Laughter... is like a hurricane: once it reaches a certain point, it becomes self-feeding, self-supporting. You laugh not because the jokes are funny but because… Becomes