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 guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some funny houses. Stephen King funnyguesshouse Change image and 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
You see something, then it clicks with something else, and it will make a story. But you never know when it's going to happen. Stephen King clickhappenmake Change image and share on social
I'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel like very blessed hours to me. Stephen King blessfeelhour Change image and share on social
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut. Stephen King awarelotread Change image and share on social
You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you. Stephen King forcehopesweep Change image and share on social
When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.' Stephen King answerdestroyfamily share on social
Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones. Stephen King badbookgood Change image and share on social
Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us. Stephen King americanapocalypticdeadly Change image and share on social