200+ "Stephen King" Quotes And Sayings

Stephen Edwin King is an American author of horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been translated into 37 languages, and he has published 47 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, which he used to write about a semi-retired police detective character. His notable works include Carrie, The Stand, The Shining, Pet Sematary and Misery. King has published 14 novels since 1999 and one collection of stories in 2012 Read more

He has written approximately 50 short stories and has written over 200 articles. He has also written non-fiction works such as On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, a non-fiction book about his writing career titled On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft and a non-fiction book about his experiences with depression, titled On Writing: A Memoir of the Dark. As a successful novelist, he has been dubbed "a literary machine," having produced a new book every year since 1989.

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Calling 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, nor did she chalk his name on trees or write it on the walls of the Kissing Bridge. She simply lived with his face in her heart all the time, a kind of sweet, hurtful ache. She would have died for him.. Stephen King
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Do any of us, except in our dreams, truly expect to be reunited with our hearts' deepest loves, even when they leave us only for minutes, and on the most mundane of errands? No, not at all. Each time they go from our sight we in our secret hearts count them as dead. Having been given so much, we reason, how could we expect not to be brought as low as Lucifer for the staggering presumption of our love? . Stephen King
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Love is what moves the world, I've always thought...it is the only thing which allows men and women to stand in a world where gravity always seems to want to pull them down...bring them low...and make them crawl... Stephen King
For men, I think, love is a thing formed of...
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For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand. Stephen King
If it's ka it'll come like a wind, and your...
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If it's ka it'll come like a wind, and your plans will stand before it no more than a barn before a cyclone Stephen King
Get busy living or get busy dying.
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Get busy living or get busy dying. Stephen King
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Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. Stephen King
Time takes it all, whether you want it to or...
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Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not. Stephen King
No one ever does live happily ever after, but we...
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No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves. Stephen King
We never know which lives we influence, or when, or...
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We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Stephen King
What we like to think of ourselves and what we...
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What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common.... Stephen King
I wouldn't have missed a single minute of it, Not...
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I wouldn't have missed a single minute of it, Not for the whole world. Stephen King
We fool ourselves so much we could do it for...
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We fool ourselves so much we could do it for a living. Stephen King
You are the grim, goal-oriented ones who will not believe...
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You are the grim, goal-oriented ones who will not believe that the joy is in the journey rather than the destination no matter how many times it has been proven to you. Stephen King
In the year 2025, the best men don't run for...
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In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives.. .. Stephen King
Life is fair. We all get the same nine-month shake...
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Life is fair. We all get the same nine-month shake in the box, and then the dice roll. Some people get a run of sevens. Some people, unfortunately, get snake-eyes. Its just how the world is. Stephen King
I wanted to say goodbye to someone, and have someone...
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I wanted to say goodbye to someone, and have someone say goodbye to me. The goodbyes we speak and the goodbyes we hear are the goodbyes that tell us we´re still alive. Stephen King
They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam...
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They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings? Stephen King
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us...
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Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. Stephen King
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The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet. Stephen King