Stephen KingThey say that loving eyes can never see, but that's a fool's axiom. Sometimes, they see too much ✨ Stephen King (2014). A Good Marriage, p.133, Simon and Schuster391Time
Stephen KingWhen asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.' ✨ Stephen King (2008). The Stand, p.17, Anchor371Time
Stephen KingBooks and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.371Reading
Stephen KingMost people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of all. ✨ Stephen King (2015). The Bazaa… ▶371Humanity
Stephen KingI don't have nightmares; I give them all to you.372Philosophy
Stephen KingIf you've ever been homesick, or felt exiled from all the things and people that once defined you, you'll know how important welcoming words and friendly smiles can be. ✨ St… ▶372HumanityReading
Stephen KingHe pointed toward the silhouettes on the side of the [bathrooms] instead--black cutout man, black cutout woman. The man had his legs apart, the woman had hers together. Pretty muc… ▶372Humanity
Stephen Kingstop now before i kill you a word to the wise from your friend PENNYWISE372Reflection
Stephen KingYou know what talent is? The curse of expectation. As a kid you have to deal with that, beat it somehow. If you can write, you think God put you on earth to blow Shakespeare away.… ▶361SadnessThought
Stephen KingYou can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or despair ... Come to it any way but lightly. ✨ Stephen King (2000). On Writing: A Memoir of … ▶383Hope
Stephen KingWhen your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a lit… ▶362Reading
Stephen KingA coward judges all he sees by what he is. ✨ Stephen King (2017). The Dark Tower Boxed Set, p.2955, Simon and Schuster351Time
Stephen KingSilent white light filled the world. And the righteous and unrighteous alike were consumed in that holy fire.362Death
Stephen KingThe beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, n… ▶373DeathPolitics
Stephen KingLanguage does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes. ✨ Stephen King (2000). On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft, p.84, Simon and Schuster373Reading
Stephen KingAnger is the most useless emotion, Henchick intoned, destructive to the mind and hurtful to the heart. ✨ Stephen King, Darrel Anderson (2005). The Dark Tower VI: Song of Sus… ▶362LoveReadingThought
Stephen KingDirecting teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous. ✨ Stephen King (2016). 11/22/63: A Novel, p.408, Simon and Schuster373Reading
Stephen KingI looked at the ceiling and wished this life was over. This unhappy life that had started out so confidently. I thought I would sleep no more that night but eventually I did. In t… ▶362LifeThought
Stephen KingAnd as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invading your comfort space. Because that's what we're supposed to do. Get under your skin… ▶384Love
Stephen KingCalling it a simple schoolgirl crush was like saying a Rolls-Royce was a vehicle with four wheels, something like a hay-wagon. She did not giggle wildly and blush when she saw him… ▶373DeathLoveTime
Stephen KingHow many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?373Death
Stephen KingIt was the kiss by which all the others of his life would be judged and found wanting. ✨ Stephen King (2009). Stephen King Goes to the Movies, p.192, Simon and Schuster351Life
Stephen KingAbout halfway through I broke down crying, which I hadn't expected. I was a little ashamed, but only a little;it was her, you see, and she never taxed me with the times that I sli… ▶373SadnessThoughtTime
Stephen KingAnd you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important… ▶352HumanityHumorThought
Stephen KingDescription begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s. ✨ FaceBook post byStephen King from Nov 10, 2013352Reading
Stephen KingShe ran out of her marriage the way a woman can run out of a pair of sandals when she decides to let go and really dash. ✨ Stephen King (2008). Just After Sunset: Stories, p… ▶341Truth
Stephen KingCrying was like pissing everything out on the ground. ✨ Stephen King (2008). 'Salem's Lot, p.223, Anchor374Sadness
Stephen KingLike all sweet dreams, it will be brief, but brevity makes sweetness, doesn't it? ✨ Stephen King (2011). 11/22/63: A Novel, p.841, Simon and Schuster363Reading
Stephen KingHe was a clot looking for a place to happen, a splinter of bone hunting a soft organ to puncture, a lonely lunatic cell looking for a mate - they would set up housekeeping and rai… ▶352Time
Stephen KingWe make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones. ✨ Stephen King (2011). Danse Macabre, p.13, Simon and Schuster341Sadness
