All Stephen King Quotes
- I've put men to death-men with supposedly immortal souls-that looked dumber than that mouse Death
- The workman cut to the left, still laying on his horn, and roared around the drunkenly weaving limousine. He invited the driver of the limo… Act
- I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror… Beyond
- Little by little, writers develop their own styles, each as unique as a fingerprint. Develop
- When a good writer is having fun, the audience is almost always having fun too. Almost Always
- Forced to define 'irrational subconscious,' I would say that it is a small padded room inside all of us, where the only furnishing is a… All
- And if there are no cars or planes, and if no one’s Uncle John is out in the wood lot west of town banging away… Another Sound
- You can see the goldenrod, that most tenacious and pernicious and beauteous of all New England flora, bowing away from the wind like a great… All
- There's one novel, Cujo, that I barely remember writing at all. All
- I believe that anyone using the phrase 'That's so cool' should have to stand in the corner. Anyone
- When a man has died, he wants you to know about it. Death
- Hurt's a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don't change facts. All
- It's a writer's job to carve with language, to hew close to the bone. Bone
- Whatever came to mind, whatever came to hand, I would read. Came
- There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good stories seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at… Bestsellers
- The story is the only thing that's important. Everything else will take care of itself. It's like what bowlers say. You hear writers talk about… Becomes
- The idea for each of the stories in this book came in a moment of belief and was written in a burst of faith, happiness,… Already Said
- Part of my function as a writer is to dream awake. And that usually happens. If I sit down to write in the morning, in… Able
- I started to submit when I was twelve, and obviously at that time they weren't good enough, and I suppose in my heart of hearts… Dig
- If I can get it down on paper without puking all over the word processor, then as far as I'm concerned, it's fit to see… All
- I just write about what I feel I want to write about. I'm like a kid. I get an idea, and it's like a kid's… Believe
- When you start, it's very cold, an impossible task. But then maybe the characters start to take on a little bit of life, or the… Always Felt
- I would say plotting is the most difficult thing for me. Characterization is only hard because sometimes I feel I get so interested in it… Bad
- For me, good description usually consists of a few well-chosen details that will stand for everything else. Chosen
- Pay and the story rolls, .. Steal and the story folds. No stealing from the blind newsboy. Blind