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Stephen King Quotes about Writing - Page 7

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There are lots of guys out there who write a better prose line than I do and who have a better understanding of what people are really like and what humanity is supposed to mean - hell, I know that.

There are lots of guys out there who write a better prose line than I do and who have a better understanding of what people are really like and what humanity is supposed to mean - hell, I know that.

Writing, Mean, People

Stephen King (2016). “Misery: A Novel”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

The object of fiction isn't grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story.... Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction.

Writing, Fiction, Stories

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

Writing is like a little hole in reality that you can go through and you can get out and you can be someplace else for a while.

Writing, Reality, Littles

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

There's one novel, Cujo, that I barely remember writing at all.

Writing, Remember, Novel

Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

I started to submit when I was twelve, and obviously at that time they weren't good enough, and I suppose in my heart of hearts I knew it. But you have to start sooner or later, you have to dig in.

Writing, Heart, Twelve

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

I don't want to speak too disparagingly of my generation (actually I do, we had a chance to change the world and opted for the Home Shopping Network instead), but there was a view among the student writers I knew at that time that good writing came spontaneously, in an uprush of feeling that had to be caught at once; when you were building that all-important stairway to heaven, you couldn't just stand around with your hammer in your hand.

Home, Writing, Views

"On Writing". Book by Stephen King, 1999.

That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals.

Writing, Careers, Littles

"Stephen King on the Creative Process, the State of Fiction, and More". Interview With James Parker, www.theatlantic.com. April 12, 2011.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

I think of fear as a survival function, and in the stories that I write, the only thing that I've tried to do is provide people with nightmares which are really safe places to put those fears for a while because you can say afterwards that uh, that, that well it was all just make-believe anyway, so I just took my emotions for a walk.

Believe, Writing, Thinking

"Stephen King and Director Frank Darabont Talk The Mist". The Mist press conference, movieweb.com. November 13, 2007.

I'd like to learn French well enough to write in that language.

Writing, Language, Enough

Interview with Catherine Elsworth, www.goodreads.com. November 2014.

I started writing seriously when I was about 12. I am always in the mood.

Writing, Mood

Interview with Phil Konstantin, americanindian.net. July 1987.

I still think that of all the people doing top fiction today, John D. MacDonald is the best.He was my model as a kid. If there are people out there that want to write, all you need to do is read 20 of his stories to get an idea what it takes to make a story kick over.

Kids, Writing, Thinking

Interview with Phil Konstantin, americanindian.net. July 1987.

I like to write short stories more because I never met a writer who wasn't lazy. And a short story is, by its very definition, short. It is something that generally you can turn out in a week to two weeks depending on how well it goes for you. But, at the same time, it gives the same satisfaction of creating a complete world.

Writing, Two, Creating

Interview with Phil Konstantin, americanindian.net. July 1987.

I want to write about spiders. To me, this is the one theme that cuts right across and scares just about everybody. Spiders, to me, are just about the most horrible, awful things that I can think about. I think everyone is afraid of spiders.

Writing, Cutting, Thinking

Interview with Phil Konstantin, americanindian.net. July 1987.

When I knew I was going to be able to write full time, I wondered, "What's going to happen to the relationships within my family?" Are they going to change? Is it going to be the kind of deal where you say, "I can't take this! Get me out of here! I can't stand these screaming kids!" The way it turned out was, I was able to change the diapers okay, after I stuck the pin through my fingers a few times. I had a dawning realization that children are not particularly hard to deal with.

Children, Writing, Kids

Anywhere in New York, anywhere in the country, somewhere there's going to be a Coke sign. People identify with Coke. You can write a novel about New York and people from the country will read it if they feel that you've made them familiar with New York.

Country, New York, Writing

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

By writing a horror novel where this inexplicable disorder takes over in our ordered lives, you make order look better by comparison. But below that, there's a part of us that responds to the Who bashing their instruments to pieces on the stage. There's a very primitive part that says, "Do it some more."

Writing, Order, Looks

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

Writing is like being in a dream state or under self-directed hypnosis. It induces a state of recall that - while not perfect - is pretty spooky.

Dream, Writing, Hypnosis

Interview with Catherine Elsworth, www.goodreads.com. November 2014.

I think it is harder to write a story that appeals to the intellect. But, when you tie onto one, you can do it quite deeply. It really depends on the type of idea you have to begin with.

Writing, Thinking, Ideas

Interview with Phil Konstantin, americanindian.net. July 1987.

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