All Stephen King Quotes
- I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time. Bed
- I had a period where I thought I might not be good enough to publish. Good
- I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts. Any
- We're news junkies in my house. House
- No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have… Author
- If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way… All
- I've always believed in God. I also think that's the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe,… Actually Need
- After the 9/11 apocalypse happened in New York City, people, particularly New Yorkers, who breathed in the ash, or saw the results of that, have… Apocalypse
- And as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invading your comfort space. Because that's what we're… Been
- What charitable 1 percenters can't do is assume responsibility - America's national responsibilities: the care of its sick and its poor, the education of its… America
- I love the movies, and when I go to see a movie that's been made from one of my books, I know that it isn't… Been
- I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I… Cannot Horrify
- Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes… Act
- We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a… Based
- Well, I'm like a drug addict, I'm always saying I'm going to stop, and then I don't, what I've said consistently is that I hope… Addict
- We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the… All
- Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more… Bit
- He had a massive stroke. He died with his tie on. Do you think that could be our generation's equivalent of that old saying about… Boots
- But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your… Experiences
- That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the… Accidental
- and the rain went rollin down the windowpanes, and the shadows wiggled n' squiggled on her check and forehead like black veins. Black
- In the stutter-flashes of light, the clouds look like huge transparent brains filled with bad thoughts. Bad
- But still, sometimes, in the heart of winter when the light outside seemed yellow- sleepy, like a cat curled up on a sofa... Cat
- The sun was a molten coin burning a circle in the low-hanging overcast, surrounded by a fairy-ring of moisture. Burning
- The town has a sense, not of history, but of time, and the telephone poles seem to know this. If you lay your hand against… Been