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Stephen King Quotes - Page 51

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Writing's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.

Writing's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.

Get Well, Writing, Okay

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.275, Simon and Schuster

There will be water if God wills it.

Water, Dark Tower, Gunslinger

Stephen King (2016). “Different Seasons: Four Novellas”, p.229, Simon and Schuster

He found himself still with too many questions and not enough answers.

Answers, Enough, Found

Stephen King (2016). “The Long Walk”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

With six weeks' worth of recuperation time, you'll also be able to see any glaring holes in the plot or character development. And listen--if you spot a few of these big holes, you are forbidden to feel depressed about them or to beat up on yourself. Screw-ups happen to the best of us.

Character, Screw Ups, Plot

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.214, Simon and Schuster

Money means I can support my family and still do what I love. Not very many people can say that in this world, and not many writers can say that.

Mean, People, Support

Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

I'm seen as somebody who writes for adults because I'm an older man myself. Some of them find me, and a lot of them don't.

Writing, Men, Adults

Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

Showrunning is a thing where you have to work with tons of different people. You have to schmooze people, you have to talk to network people. I don't want to do any of that.

People, Different, Want

Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

I love music, and I can play a little. But anyone can see the difference between someone who's talented and someone that's not.

Play, Differences, Littles

Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

You've got to do something to fill up your day. And I can only play so much guitar and watch so many TV shows. It fulfills me. There are two things about it I like: It makes me happy, and it makes other people happy.

Guitar, Tv Shows, Play

Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

I have an idea of how the book will finish up, but it very rarely finishes up the way that I think it's going to.

Book, Thinking, Ideas

"Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you — with his writing". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2016.

The writer's original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader's.

Character, Perception, May

"Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you — with his writing". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2016.

The first movie I ever saw was a horror movie. It was Bambi. When that little deer gets caught in a forest fire, I was terrified, but I was also exhilarated.

Fire, Littles, Deer

Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

I'm afraid of all kinds of things. I'm afraid of failing at whatever story I'm writing - that it won't come up for me, or that I won't be able to finish it.

Writing, Stories, Able

Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

It hurts to imagine stuff. It can give you a headache. Probably doesn't hurt physically, but it hurts mentally. But the more that you can do it, the more you're able to get out of it. Everybody has that capacity, but I don't think everyone develops it.

Hurt, Thinking, Giving

Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

I can remember as a college student writing stories and novels, some of which ended up getting published and some that didn't. It was like my head was going to burst - there were so many things I wanted to write all at once. I had so many ideas, jammed up. It was like they just needed permission to come out.

Writing, College, Ideas

Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

I wasn't a social drinker. I used to say that I didn't want to go to bars because they were full of assholes like me.

Bars, Want, Social

Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

The worst thing you can try to do is to steer the story once it gets going. You just kind of follow along and see where it goes. That's the fun.

Fun, Trying, Stories

"Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you — with his writing". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2016.

I go where the story leads. And, sometimes, it is a little bit outrageous. And I relish that. I sort of want to be as much on the edge as I can.

Stories, Want, Littles

"Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you — with his writing". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2016.

I want to engage the reader. I'm an emotional writer, in the sense that I would be happy if you re-read a book for the intellectual or the mental part of it, but, the first time, I just like to reach out and grab you, pull you in.

Book, Emotional, Intellectual

"Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you — with his writing". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2016.

I think what you do is, you keep your sensors open. And it's - the more that you do the job, the more you come to understand in a kind of intuitive way that you're always - you know, your radar is on. And the thing is going around and around and around. And it's not picking up any blips.

Jobs, Thinking, Way

"Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you — with his writing". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2016.

The bad ideas kind of just drop out of the mix. You forget about them. The good ones stick around.

Ideas, Sticks, Kind

"Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you — with his writing". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2016.

I like to always stop with a couple of pages that I haven't - that are just raw copy, where I haven't touched it, I haven't tried to revise it, I haven't tried to polish it. It's like having a little bit of a runway. The next day when you sit down, you have the comfort of saying, well, I have got a little bit here, used to be in the typewriter. Now it's in the magic box, the computer.

Couple, Typewriters, Next Day

"Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you — with his writing". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2016.

I don't really map anything out. I just let it happen [while writing]. But once it happens, it's always there. If it's laid, it's played. If I get to page 300 and it's not working, I junk it.

Writing, Junk, Maps

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The age of the book is not over. No way... But maybe the age of some books is over. People say to me sometimes 'Steve, are you ever going to write a straight novel, a serious novel' and by that they mean a novel about college professors who are having impotence problems or something like that. And I have to say those things just don't interest me. Why? I don't know. But it took me about twenty years to get over that question, and not be kind of ashamed about what I do, of the books I write.

Book, Mean, Writing

"Part two of the full Stephen King interview". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2000.

I identify with the characters very closely. At the same time that I`m outside, writing, I`m also inside, experiencing, and it can be very unsettling.

Writing, Character

"Stephen King has called Ira Levin-author of 'Rosemary's". Interview with Cheryl Lavin, articles.chicagotribune.com. April 7, 1991.

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