3,428 Quotes by Stephen King

In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it ‘got boring,’ the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description and lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling.

The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn’t real. I know that, and I also know that if I’m careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.

Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you’ll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.

If you’re just starting out as a writer, you could do worse than strip your television’s electric plug-wire, wrap a spike around it, and then stick it back into the wall. See what blows, and how far. Just an idea.

I’ve been typed as a horror writer, and I’ve always said to people, “I don’t care what you call me as long as the checks don’t bounce and the family gets fed.”

The cumulative power of doing things the same way every day seems to be a way of saying to the mind: You’re going to be dreaming soon.

Sooner or later everything you thought you’d left behind comes around again. For good or ill, it comes around again.

That’s the curse of the reading class. We can be seduced by a good story even at the most inopportune moments.

I hated school. I don’t trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14 to 18 with any enjoyment. If you liked being a teenager, there’s something really wrong with you.