All Stephen King Quotes
- Most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don’t understand very much about what they do—not why it works when… Bad
- Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover. Argue
- By and large... the good's an illusion, little fables folks tell themselves so they can get through their days without screaming too much. Days
- To write is human, to edit is divine. Divine
- Give a man or woman back his self-respect, and in most cases-not all, but most-you also give back that person's ability to think with at… Ability
- Death is a mystery, and burial is a secret. Burial
- It's like many other things in life, Ellie. You keep on the path and all's well. You get off it and the next thing you… All
- Cats were the gangsters of the animal world, living outside the law and often dying there. There were a great many of them who never… Animal
- Memory is the basis of every journey. Bases
- Only children tell the whole truth, you know. That's what makes them children. Children
- Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk. Bleeding
- He understood well enough how a man with a choice between pride and responsibility will almost always choose pride--if responsibility robs him of his manhood. Almost Always
- There was a lot they didn’t tell you about death, she had discovered, and one of the biggies was how long it took the ones… Biggie
- A dimwit thinks nothing is funny unless it's mean. Dimwit
- About halfway through I broke down crying, which I hadn't expected. I was a little ashamed, but only a little;it was her, you see, and… Among
- In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives. . . . Best
- The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting. Back Story
- Lover," she whispers, and closes her eyes. It falls upon her. Love is like dying. Closes
- And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting… All
- What's been tried once had been tried once before... and before... and before... Been
- there is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love. Gain
- I’m not particularly keen on writing which exhaustively describes the physical characteristics of the people in the story and what they’re wearing… I can always… Always Get
- The good folks mostly win, courage usually triumphs over fear, the family dog hardly ever contracts rabies: these are things I knew at twenty-five, and… Age
- I stood for almost an hour in a line of shuffling, bitter - eyed late mailers (Christmas is such a carefree, low - pressure time… Bitter
- For," I said, "a murdered man or woman dies not in God's time, but in Man's. He... or she... is cut short before he... or… All