the best phrases of stephen king: from inspiring to terrifying
If you’re a fan of horror, thriller, suspense, crime, and supernatural fiction books, you know the mighty author Stephen King. Stephen King’s books are full of gripping stories, hard truths, and sometimes horrific situations that push the boundaries of reality. King’s descriptive and captivating writing grabs you from the start, making his words truly unforgettable (just ask his loyal readers). Here are some of the best Stephen King quotes, from his best book quotes to his own quotes on life, horror, and writing.
stephen king quotes about life
1. “take care of living or dying.”—different seasons
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2. “And in real life, endings aren’t always good, whether they’re happy endings or sad endings.”
3. “Life is like a wheel. sooner or later, always come back to where you started.”
4. “remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and nothing good ever dies.”—rita hayward and shawshank redemption
5. “the most important things are the hardest to say.”—different seasons
6. “Life is not a support system for art. it’s the other way around.”
7. “The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.”—necessary things
8. “Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.”
9. “Talent is cheaper than table salt. what separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”—danse macabre
10. “Only enemies tell the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.”—The Gunslinger
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11. “Monsters are real and ghosts are too. they live inside us and sometimes they win.”
12. “We invent horrors to help us cope with the real ones.”—danse macabre
13. “If a fear cannot be articulated, it cannot be conquered.”—‘salem’s lot
14. “we need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts.”—danse macabre
15. “it was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.”—wolves of the cove
16. “He surmised that even in hell, people took an occasional sip of water, if only so they could appreciate the full horror of unrequited thirst when it came again.”—totally dark, no stars
17. “love didn’t grow very well in a place where there was only fear, just as plants didn’t grow very well in a place where it was always dark.”—the stand
18. “there are things of such darkness and horror, only, I suppose, there are things of such beauty, that they will not pass through the puny human gates of perception.”—minimal crew
19. “I thought it was really fun to scare people. I also knew it was socially acceptable because there were so many horror movies.”
20. “Scared people live in their own special hell. you could say they do it themselves, but they can’t help it. it’s the way they’re built. they deserve sympathy and compassion.”—revival
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21. “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
22. “a short story is something else entirely: a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”—minimal team
23. “A little talent is a good thing if you want to be a writer. but the only real requirement is the ability to remember each scar.”
24. “When I’m asked, ‘How do you spell it?’ I invariably answer, ‘One word at a time.'”
25. “The description begins in the writer’s imagination, but must end in the reader’s.”
26. “it is the story, not him who tells it.”—different seasons: four novels
27. “I write to find out what I think.”—the boy from Colorado
28. “When you write you tell a story. when you rewrite you take out everything that isn’t the story.”
29. “You see something, then it clicks with something else and it becomes a story. but you never know when it will happen.”
30. “You must not come lightly to the blank page.”
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31. “books are a unique portable magic.”
32. “reading a good long novel is, in many ways, like having a long and satisfying adventure.”—minimal team
33. “The trick is to learn to read for yourself in small sips and long gulps.”
34. “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. that simple.”
35. “Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment.”
36. “Whatever occurred to me, whatever occurred to me, I would read.”
37. “Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for every dollar spent. What I wonder is why doesn’t everyone carry around a book for those inevitable dead spots in life?”
38. “Only library books speak so eloquently without words of the power good stories have over us.”—‘salem’s lot
39. “Books and movies are like apples and oranges. they are both fruits, but they taste completely different.”
40. “The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.”
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41. “I’m the literary equivalent of a big mac and fries.”
42. “you can’t deny laughter; when she arrives, she flops into your favorite chair and stays as long as she wants.”
43. “Personally speaking, you can have my gun, but you’ll take my book when you pull my cold, dead fingers out of the binding.”
44. “nobody likes a clown at midnight.”
45. “Give me enough information so that I can lie convincingly.”
46. “I guess when you get off the main road you should be prepared to see some weird houses.”
47. “I tend to scare myself.”
48. “People think I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small child. he is in a glass jar on my desk.”
49. “a man who lies about beer makes enemies.”—pet sematary
50. “there has never been a shortage of fools in the world.”—the drawing of the three
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51. “sometimes human places create inhuman monsters.”—the brilliant
52. “time takes everything, whether you like it or not.”—the green mile
53. “People don’t get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter, you keep ripping wings off flies, you just think of better reasons to do it.”—carrie
54. “go then, there are other worlds besides these.”—the gunslinger
55. “life revolves around a penny.”—11/22/63
56. “adults are the real monsters.”—it
57. “a secret needs two faces to bounce between; a secret needs to be seen in another set of eyes.”—christine
58. “memory is the basis of every journey.”—dream catcher
59. “we lie better when we lie to ourselves.”—it
60. “where you made your stand never mattered. just that you were there…and still standing.”—the dais
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