Stephen King Quotes

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Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

Stephen King

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

Stephen King

There is no tyrant as merciless as pain.

Stephen King (Duma Key, 2008)

We spread the time as we can, but in the end the world takes it all back.

Stephen King (The Dark Tower VI: The Song of Susannah, 2004)

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

Stephen King (On Writing, 2000)

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

Stephen King

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Stephen King (Needful Things, 1991)

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

Stephen King (Hearts in Atlantis, 1999)

Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force.

Stephen King (Danse Macabre, 1981)

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

Stephen King

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

Stephen King (Desperation, 1996)

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Stephen King

Anger is the most useless emotion; destructive to the mind and hurtful of the heart.

Stephen King (The Dark Tower VI: The Song of Susannah, 2004)

The devil's voice is sweet to hear.

Stephen King (Needful Things, 1991)

If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.

Stephen King (Christine, 1983)

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

Stephen King (On Writing, 2000)

Stupid was a prison they never let you out of, no time off for good behavior, you were in for life.

Stephen King

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

Stephen King

Things had stretched apart, There was no glue at the center of things anymore.

Stephen King (The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger, 1982)

Hope is a good thing - maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies.

Stephen King

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Stephen King (The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger - The Man in Black palaver, 1982)

I don't think he needs to be immortal. I think all he needs to do is to write the right story. Because some stories do live forever.

Stephen King (The Dark Tower VI: The Song of Susannah, 2004)

When traitors are called heroes or heroes called traitors, dark times must have fallen.

Stephen King (The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger, 1982)

Life is a wheel, and if you wait long enough, it always comes back around to where it started.

Stephen King (Duma Key, 2008)

The unconscious mind writes poetry if it's left alone.

Stephen King (Duma Key, 2008)

There's nothing as human as hunger. There's no creation without talent, I give you that, but talent is cheap. Talent goes begging. Hunger is the piston of art.

Stephen King (Duma Key, 2008)

The chain is still in your hands. Beware it doesn't wrap itself around your neck.

Stephen King (The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger - The Man in Black palaver, 1982)

It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.

Stephen King (The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla, 2003)

We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other.

Stephen King (Danse Macabre, 1981)

You should never trust a person who prays in public.

Stephen King (Duma Key, 2008)

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Stephen King Biography

Born: September 21, 1947

Stephen King is an American author. His works often varies between horror, suspense, sci-fi, fantasy fiction. He has been highly successful with many of his books and is recognized world wide.

Notable Works

The Stand (1978)
Danse Macabre
(1981)
Different Seasons
(1982)
  The Body
  Shawshank Redemption
Pet Semetary
(1983)
IT
(1985)
Storm of the Century
(1999)
On Writing (2000)
The Dark Tower Series (1982 - 2004)
Duma Key (2008)
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