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Stephen King Quotes - Page 17

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This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit.

This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit.

Book, Writing, Bullshit

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

She had never dreamed there could be so much pain in a life when there was nothing physically wrong. She hurt all the time.

Hurt, Pain

Stephen King (2008). “The Shining”, p.72, Anchor

Human Nature Baby, grab it and growl.

Baby, Human Nature, Humans

Stephen King (2008). “The Shining”, p.160, Anchor

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.

Way, Limitless, Glory

Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.21, Anchor

As with all other aspects of the narrative art, you will improve with practice, but practice will never make you perfect. Why should it? What fun would that be?

Art, Fun, Writing

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

We fool ourselves so much we could do it for a living.

Fool

Stephen King (2008). “Duma Key: A Novel”, p.107, Simon and Schuster

The concept of dreaming is known to the waking mind but to the dreamer there is no waking, no real world, no sanity; there is only the screaming bedlam of sleep.

Dream, Real, Sleep

Stephen King (2016). “Rose Madder”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

The late afternoon sunlight, warm as oil, sweet as childhood.

Sweet, Oil, Childhood

Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.

Symbolism, Profundity, Artificial

"22 lessons from Stephen King on how to be a great writer". www.businessinsider.com. September 16, 2016.

Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?

Growing Up, Men, Age

Stephen King (2003). “The Gunslinger”, Viking Adult

She nods. You're good for the ones you love. You want to be good for the ones you love, because you know that your time with them will end up being too short, no matter how long it is.

Love You, Long, Want

Stephen King (2008). “Lisey's Story: A Novel”, p.229, Simon and Schuster

Sometimes stories cry out to be told in such loud voices that you write them just to shut them up.

Writing, Loud Voices, Stories

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

We are going to fight. We are going to be hurt. And in the end, we will stand.

Hurt, Fighting, Dark Tower

Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three”, p.423, Simon and Schuster

But this wealth of information produced little or no insight.

Littles, Information, Wealth

Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger”, p.240, Simon and Schuster

In spite of the problems he was having he was going on with his life. There are thousands who don’t or won’t or can’t and plenty of them aren’t in prison either.

Problem, Prison, Spite

Stephen King (2016). “Different Seasons”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

never's the word God listens for when he needs a laugh.

Laughing, Needs

Stephen King, Michael Whelan (2004). “The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower”, p.398, Simon and Schuster

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 will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud.

Trying, Proud, Emotion

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

It is the tale, not he who tells it.

Tales

Stephen King (2016). “Different Seasons: Four Novellas”, p.518, Simon and Schuster

I tend to scare myself.

Fear, Scare

It's hard for me to believe that people who read very little (or not at all in some cases) should presume to write and expect people to like what they have written.

Believe, Writing, People

Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

we need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts.

Ghost Stories, Needs, Facts

Stephen King (2011). “Danse Macabre”, p.272, Simon and Schuster

Tracking account planning is rather like counting a mixed batch of tropical fish. You think you see patterns, but they've all changed by the time you've finished counting.

Business, Thinking, Patterns

I don't have nightmares; I give them all to you.

Giving, Nightmare

Dead was the gift that kept on giving. Dead, like diamonds, was forever.

Giving, Forever, Diamond

Stephen King, Darrel Anderson (2005). “The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah”, Scribner Book Company

Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.

Philosophy, Lying, Faults

Robin Furth, Stephen King (2006). “Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance”, p.478, Simon and Schuster

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