3,428 Quotes by Stephen King

First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead.

American grammar doesn’t have the sturdiness of British grammar, but it has its own scruffy charm.

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

Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there’s little fun to be had in explanations; they’re antithetical to the poetry of fear.

That was what I wanted, but I don’t need it to be gone. I can love you and I can love life and bear the pain all at the same time. I think the pain might even make the rest better, the way a good setting can make a diamond look better.

It’s a mystery. That’s the first thing that interests me about the idea of God. If there is one, it’s mysterious and powerful and awesome to even consider the concept, and you have to take it seriously.

And in real life endings aren’t always neat, whether they’re happy endings, or whether they’re sad endings.

He stood shocked in the hot Texas sunshine and made water in his pants.

But it’s writing, damn it, not washing the car or putting on eyeliner. If you can take it seriously, we can do business. If you can’t or won’t, it’s time for you to close the book and do something else. Wash the car, maybe.