If ever there was a list of quotes we wanted to do, this is it - Stephen King quotes. So, with slightly trembling hands and hearts filled with excitement, we’ve compiled it, tried to write an intro that’s not over-the-top exuberant, and now are leaving it to your, dear readers, judgment. Ready to take a look at the most excellent, heavily inspiring, and totally powerful quotes from Stephen King, only the most accomplished storyteller if there ever was one?
If you haven’t had the chance to read any of Stephen King’s books yet or know nothing about the King of Horror himself, here are a few cool facts about him. Mister King has written hundreds of literary pieces, with 49 novels under his name, seven more under his pen names, five non-fiction books, and around 200 short stories. And all of them are better than the last!
Stephen King was certain that his fame was completely accidental and thus started to write books under his pen name. When they got just as popular as the ones written under his real name, the writer gave up and admitted that his popularity wasn’t, after all, an accident. And lastly, once upon in 1996, King collaborated with Michael Jackson himself to create a short horror movie together. Oh, and since we’ve mentioned movies, there are at least 91 of them based on King’s works. So, if you’re not a huge fan of reading, you can experience this master’s writing through cinema. Beware, though; they are definitely spooky!
Speaking of these powerful quotes here - some of them come from interviews with the writer, while others are book quotes from his famous novels. So while they weren’t technically spoken by him, they still came from his very own head, which makes them totally count. After all, some of the best Stephen King quotes do come from his writings, rather than public speeches!
Anyhoo, we’ll never be as good as the Master of Horror at this writing gig (although quotes from Stephen King on writing do help a lot), so it’s best to end our love-filled intro to this long-awaited quotes list right about now.
Scroll down below, check out the incredible quotes from this world-famous writer, and upvote the ones that impacted you the most! And lastly, we’re pretty sure these quotes by Stephen King would benefit anyone who reads them, so why not share this article with your friends?
#21
“You can’t deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.” - Stephen King
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#22
“Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.” - Stephen King
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#23
"When a long book succeeds, the writer and reader are not just having an affair; they are married." - The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
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#24
"Anger is the most useless emotion, destructive to the mind and hurtful to the heart." - Song of Susannah
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#25
"A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men." - Under the Dome
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#26
“Get busy living, or get busy dying.” — Andy Dufresne, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
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#27
“Life isn’t a support system for art. It’s the other way around.” - Stephen King
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#28
“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” — Danse Macabre
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#29
“When asked, ‘How do you write?’ I invariably answer, ‘one word at a time.'” - Stephen King
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#30
“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
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#31
“Reading a good long novel is in many ways like having a long and satisfying affair.” — Skeleton Crew
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#32
“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” - Stephen King
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#33
“Nobody likes a clown at midnight.” - Stephen King
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#34
“There had never been a shortage of fools in the world.” — The Drawing of the Three
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#35
“We lie best when we lie to ourselves.” — It
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#36
“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.” - Stephen King
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#37
“Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.” - Bag of Bones
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#38
“People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.” - Judge Farris, The Stand
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#39
“Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.” - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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#40
“You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.” - Stephen King
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