Stephen King Quotes about Imagination

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Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.

Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.

Stephen King

Kings, Writing, Imagination

FaceBook post by Stephen King from Nov 10, 2013

The scariest, most terrifying thing that I fear? Yes. My Imagination. I thought you were going to say "Fear, itself." Then you have a small imagination.

Stephen King

Imagination, Dark Tower, Gunslinger

"The Dark Tower. Wizard and Glass". Book by Stephen King, Vol. IV, 1997.

Small towns harbor small imaginations.

Stephen King

Imagination, Towns, Small Town

Stephen King (2013). “Under the Dome: A Novel”, p.240, Simon and Schuster

I have the world's best job. I get paid to hang out in my imagination all day.

Stephen King

Jobs, Best Job, Imagination

The writer must have a good imagination to begin with, but the imagination has to be muscular, which means it must be exercised in a disciplined way, day in and day out, by writing, failing, succeeding and revising.

Stephen King

Writing, Mean, Imagination

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

What I'd show you is much more bizarre than anything we have looked at so far, and I warn you in advance that the first impulse will be to laugh. That's all right. Laugh if you must. Just don't take your eye off what you see, for even in your imagination, here is a creature who can do you damage.

Stephen King

Eye, Imagination, Laughing

Stephen King, Michael Whelan (2004). “The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

You cannot condemn a man for what may only be a figment of your own imagination.

Stephen King

Men, Imagination, May

Stephen King (1999). “Bag of Bones”, p.449, Simon and Schuster

Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you're forced back on your own imagination.

Stephen King

Writing, Imagination, World

This is probably the single great subject of horror fiction: our need to cope with a mystery that can be understood only with the aid of a helpful imagination.

Stephen King

Imagination, Needs, Fiction

Stephen King (2007). “Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales”, p.405, Simon and Schuster

My childhood was pretty ordinary, except from a very early age, I wanted to be scared. I just did. I was scared afterwards. I wanted a light on, because I was afraid that there was something in the closet. My imagination was very active, even at a young age.

Stephen King

Light, Imagination, Childhood

"Stephen King On Growing Up, Believing In God And Getting Scared". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 31, 2014.