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Stephen King Quotes - Page 5

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Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

Immortality

"It". Book by Stephen King, 1986.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

Writing, Answers, One Word

Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.17, Anchor

A coward judges all he sees by what he is.

Judging, Coward, Dark Tower

Stephen King (2017). “The Dark Tower Boxed Set”, p.2955, Simon and Schuster

Above all else, be consistent.

Consistent

I think reality is thin, you know, thin as lake ice after a thaw, and we fill our lives with noise and light and motion to hide that thinness from ourselves.

Reality, Thinking, Lakes

Stephen King (1999). “Bag of Bones”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

There's something in us that is very much attracted to madness. Everyone who looks off the edge of a tall building has felt at least a faint, morbid urge to jump. And anyone who has ever put a loaded pistol up to his head... All right, my point is this: even the most well-adjusted person is holding onto his or her sanity by a greased rope. I really believe that. The rationality circuits are shoddily built into the human animal.

Depression, Suicide, Believe

In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.

Hobbies, Obsession, Polite

Go then, there are other worlds than these.

Halloween, Other Worlds, Dark Tower

Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

Love, the simplest, strongest, and most unforgiving of all emotions.

Emotion, Strongest, Simplest

Wanting more is just a recipe for heartache.

Heartache, Recipes, Wanting More

Stephen King (2001). “Dreamcatcher: A Novel”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.

Writing, Thinking, Way

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.254, Simon and Schuster

In both writing and sleeping, we learn to be physically still at the same time we are encouraging our minds to unlock from the humdrum rational thinking of our daytime lives.

Writing, Sleep, Thinking

Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.99, Simon and Schuster

Sometimes the things presented to us as choices aren't choices at all.

Choices, Sometimes

Stephen King (2011). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.567, Simon and Schuster

The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day.

Evil, Battle, Fascinating

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

Funny, Happiness, Smile

FEAR stands for face everything and recover – Old AA saying

Faces

Stephen King (2013). “Doctor Sleep: A Novel”, p.511, Simon and Schuster

If you're just starting out as a writer, you could do worse than strip your television's electric plug-wire, wrap a spike around it, and then stick it back into the wall. See what blows, and how far. Just an idea.

Kings, Wall, Writing

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

I hated school. I don't trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14 to 18 with any enjoyment. If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.

Teenager, Writing, School

Are you sure self-pity is a luxury you can afford, Jack?

Self, Luxury, Self Pity

Stephen King (2008). “The Shining”, p.241, Anchor

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it's too late.

Too Late, Why Not, Influence

Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.585, Simon and Schuster

For a moment everything was clear, and when that happens you see that the world is barely there at all. Don't we all secretly know this? It's a perfectly balanced mechanism of shouts and echoes pretending to be wheels and cogs, a dreamclock chiming beneath a mystery-glass we call life. Behind it? Below it and around it? Chaos, storms. Men with hammers, men with knives, men with guns. Women who twist what they cannot dominate and belittle what they cannot understand. A universe of horror and loss surrounding a single lighted stage where mortals dance in defiance of the dark.

Loss, Dark, Gun

Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.791, Simon and Schuster

I still believe in the resilience of the human heart and the essential validity of love;I still believe that connections between people can be made and that the spirits which inhabit us sometimes touch. I still believe that the cost of these connections is horribly, outrageously high... and I still believe that the value received far outweighs the price which must be paid. (From introductory notes.)

Believe, Heart, People

Stephen King (2016). “Four Past Midnight”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one. From the big ones you get novels. A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember the story of every scar. Art consists of the persistence of memory.

Art, Hurt, Memories

Friends. They aren’t any such thing as good friend or bad friend. Maybe there are just friend. People who stand by you when you're hurt and who helped you feel not so lonely. Maybe there are worth being scared for and hoping for and living for. Maybe worth dying for too. If that what has to be. No bad friends. Only people you want. Need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart.

Lonely, Hurt, Heart

FaceBook post by Stephen King from Jan 12, 2014

All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.

Believe, Creativity, Needs

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