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Stephen King Quotes - Page 15

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Above, the stars shone hard and bright, sparks struck off the dark skin of the universe.

Above, the stars shone hard and bright, sparks struck off the dark skin of the universe.

Stars, Dark, Skins

Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.409, Anchor

Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.

Inspirational, Giving Up, Book

Stephen King (2009). “Stephen King Goes to the Movies”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

The stories we hear in our childhood are the ones we remember all our lives.

Childhood, Stories, Remember

Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.

Judging, Worst, Written

Stephen King (2007). “Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

Your first impulse is to share good news, your second is to club someone with it.

News, Clubs, Firsts

Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.247, Anchor

You couldn't not like someone who liked the guitar.

Music, Guitar

Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.664, Anchor

Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly.

Lying, Giving, Information

Do you drink?" "Of course,I just said I was a writer.

Funny, Art, Drinking

A change is as good as a rest.

Inspiring

Stephen King (2009). “Stephen King Goes to the Movies”, p.236, Simon and Schuster

People don't get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it.

Thinking, Wings, People

Stephen King (2008). “Carrie”, p.49, Anchor

So where do the ideas-the salable ideas-come from? They come from my nightmares. Not the night-time variety, as a rule, but the ones that hide just beyond the doorway that separates the conscious from the unconscious.

Dream, Night, Ideas

I always drank, from when it was legal for me to drink. And there was never a time for me when the goal wasn't to get as hammered as I could possibly afford to. I never understood social drinking, that's always seemed to me like kissing your sister.

Drinking, Recovery, Kissing

"The Stephen King interview, uncut and unpublished". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2000.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.

Bird, Prison Life, Redemption

"The Shawshank Redemption". www.imdb.com. 1994.

Now comes the big question: What are you going to write about? And the equally big answer: Anything you damn well want. Anything at all .... as long as you tell the truth.

Writing, Long, Answers

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

People seem to think there's a magic formula to writing, i just write 1 word at a time.

Writing, Thinking, People

I am, when you stop to think of it, a member of a fairly select group: the final handful of American novelists who learned to read and write before they learned to eat a daily helping of video bullshit.

Writing, Thinking, Bullshit

Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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 them a fair chance as characters can create some interesting shades of gray—and shades of gray are also a part of life.

Hero, Character, Giving

"Writing Advice from Stephen King & Jerry Jenkins". Interview with Jessica Strawser, www.writersdigest.com. July 21, 2009.

The book is not the important part. The book is the delivery system. The important part is the story and the talent.

Book, Important, Stories

"New Sex Allegations Against Pastor; GOP Puts it in Writing; Diabetes Drug Decision; The E-Books Revolution According to Stephen King; Doctor Detectives; CNN Equals Politics, What's Hot; Chilean Miners Awaiting Rescue". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. September 23, 2010.

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged.

Home, Intelligence, Hospitality

Busy as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest.

Men, Kicking, Ladybugs

Practice is invaluable... honesty is indispensable.

Honesty, Practice, Indispensable

Yes, I’ve made a great deal of dough from my fiction, but I never set a single word down on paper with the thought of being paid for it...I have written because it fulfilled me. ... I did it for the pure joy of the things. And if you can do it for joy, you can do it forever.

Inspirational, Motivational, Loving What You Do

"On Writing". Book by Stephen King, December 1999.

I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 - Jesus, did you?

Friendship, Jesus, Stand By Me

Stephen King (2016). “Different Seasons: Four Novellas”, p.390, Simon and Schuster

Politics always change. Stories never do.

Stories

Stephen King (2016). “It”, p.142, Simon and Schuster

Murder is like potato chips: you can't stop with just one.

Potato Chips, Potatoes, Murder

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