I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy. Stephen King celebrityculturediscussion share on social
And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's language - it's better, it's finer, it's language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives. Stephen King dailyfinegod Change image and share on social
I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody. Stephen King daydistrustgood share on social
I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud. Stephen King emotionfindfine share on social
And in real life endings aren't always neat, whether they're happy endings, or whether they're sad endings. Stephen King endinghappylife Change image and share on social
We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones. Stephen King copehorrormake Change image and share on social
But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do. Stephen King experiencelifeplace Change image and share on social
Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process. Stephen King actconstipatecreation share on social
I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries. Stephen King bigequivalentfry Change image and share on social
