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Tales Quotes by Stephen King
- The boat dipped and swayed and sometimes took on water, but it did not sink; the two brothers had waterproofed it well. I do not…
- 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…
- It is the tale, not he who tells it.
- I like to get ten pages a day, which amounts to 2,000 words. That’s 180,000 words over a three-month span, a goodish length for a…
- The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs to each reader in its own particular way.
- I've met talespinners before, Jake, and they're all cut more or less from the same cloth. They tell tales because they're afraid of life.
- The road and the tale have both been long, would you not say so? The trip has been long and the cost has been high...…
- True love, like any other strong and addicting drug, is boring — once the tale of encounter and discovery is told, kisses quickly grow stale…
- Once I start work on a project, I don’t stop and I don’t slow down unless I absolutely have to. If I don’t write every…
- They were still all beautiful and there was still enchantment and wonder, but she had crossed a line and now the fairy tale was green…
More Tales Quotes
- '1984' is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names. — Margaret Atwood
- The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively at Harvard under Perry Miller,… — Margaret Atwood
- You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but… — Margaret Atwood
- Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our… — Paul Auster
- Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales,… — Francis Bacon
- I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes.… — Amy Adams
- I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War. — A. S. Byatt
- I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too… — Lord Byron
- History is nothing if not an epic tale of missed opportunities. — Graydon Carter
- All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. — Helena Bonham Carter
- I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. — Beverly Cleary
- Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. — Hans Christian Andersen