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Stephen King Quotes - Page 24

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Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses, the Grammar Police aren't going to come and take you away. Even William Strunk,

Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses, the Grammar Police aren't going to come and take you away. Even William Strunk, that Mussolini of rhetoric, recognized the delicious pliability of language. "It is an old observation," he writes, "that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric." Yet he goes on to add this thought, which I urge you to consider: "Unless he is certain of doing well, [the writer] will probably do best to follow the rules."

Writing, Police, Add

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.113, Simon and Schuster

Outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers who wish to God they were writing masters' theses.

Writing, Wish, Fiction

In the end we are all caught in devices of our own making. I believe that. In the end we are all caught.

Believe, Ends, Caught

Stephen King (2011). “Full Dark, No Stars”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

You cannot friend a hawk, they said, unless you are a hawk yourself, alone and only a sojourner in the land, without friends or the need of them.

Land, Needs, Hawks

Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

Although emotionally delicate and eminently bruisable, teenagers are short on empathy. That comes later in life, if it comes at all.

Teenager, Later In Life, Delicate Life

Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

For most of us, I think it's easier to admit doing wrong than being stupid.

Stupid, Thinking, Easier

Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.501, Simon and Schuster

Only library books speak with such wordless eloquence of the power good stories hold over us.

Book, Library, Stories

Stephen King (2000). “Salem's Lot”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

It's as if God gave you something-all those stories- and said, "Here you are. Try not to lose it." But children lose everything unless somebody is there to help them, and if your parents are too stupid to do it, maybe i ought to.

Children, Stupid, Parent

The loss of memory isn't always the problem; sometimes--maybe even often--it's the solution.

Memories, Loss, Problem

Stephen King (2008). “Duma Key: A Novel”, p.331, Simon and Schuster

We have once again succeeded in destroying what we could not create.

Destroying

Stephen King (2010). “The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?

Giving Up, Toys, Dangerous

When the dawn was still long hours away, bad thoughts took on flesh and began to walk. In the middle of the night thoughts became zombies.

Night, Long, Zombie

"Under the Dome". Book by Stephen King, 2009.

Of course when you were running with the bottom dogs, what you mostly saw were paws, claws, and assholes.

Running, Dog, Paws

Stephen King (2014). “Doctor Sleep”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

The good thing about being old, is you don’t have to worry about dying young.

Worry, Dying, Good Things

Stephen King (2014). “Doctor Sleep”, p.303, Simon and Schuster

As with all other aspects of fiction, the key to writing good dialogue is honesty.

Honesty, Writing, Keys

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

The important question has nothing to do with whether the talk in your story is sacred or profane; the only question is how it rings on the page and in your ear. If you expect it to ring true, then you must talk yourself. Even more important, you must shut up and listen to others talk.

Writing, Important, Ears

Stephen King (2001). “On writing: a memoir of the craft”

Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft.

Art, Writing, Crafts

Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

The rope by which the great blocks of taxes are attached to any citizenry is simple loyalty.

Loyalty, Block, Simple

Stephen King (1988). “The eyes of the dragon: a story”, Egully.com

But it's writing, damn it, not washing the car or putting on eyeliner. If you can take it seriously, we can do business. If you can't or won't, it's time for you to close the book and do something else. Wash the car, maybe.

Kings, Book, Writing

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.99, Simon and Schuster

A secret needs two faces to bounce between; a secret needs to see itself in another pair of eyes.

Eye, Two, Secret

Stephen King (2016). “Christine”, p.714, Simon and Schuster

A short story is like a kiss in the dark.

Dark, Kissing, Stories

Of all the questions I'm asked, the most difficult is, "How does it feel to be famous?" Since I'm not, that question always catches me with a feeling of surrealism....I've got three kids and I've changed all their diapers, and when it's two o'clock in the morning and you're changing something that's sort of special delivery with one eye open and one eye shut you don't feel famous.

Morning, Kids, Eye

...book-buyers aren't attracted, by and large, by the literary merits of a novel: book-buyers want a good story...something that will first fascinate them, then pull them in and keep them turning the pages.

Book, Literary Merit, Stories

Whenever I publish a book, I feel like a trapper caught by the Iroquois. They're all lined up with Tomahawks, and the idea is to run through with your head down, and everybody gets to take a swing. They hit you in the head, the back, the ass, and the balls.

Running, Book, Swings

Stephen King, Tim Underwood, Chuck Miller (1988). “Bare bones: conversations on terror with Stephen King”, McGraw-Hill Companies

And I believe happiness is the exact opposite of sadness, bitterness, and hatred: happiness should remain unexamined as long as possible.

Believe, Sadness, Opposites

Stephen King (2016). “The Tommyknockers”, p.292, Simon and Schuster

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