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?
#41
“Perfect paranoia is perfect awareness.” - Stephen King
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#42
“It's strange how pain marks our faces, and makes us look like family.” - The Green Mile
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#43
“No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves.” - Wolves of the Calla
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#44
“And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting sanity.” - Pet Sematary
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#45
"But writing is a wonderful and terrible thing. It opens deep wells of memory that were previously capped." - Revival
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#46
"Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild." - Stephen King
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#47
"Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight." - Stephen King
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#48
"The world has teeth and it can bite you with them any time it wants." - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
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#49
"A person who doesn’t learn from the past is an idiot, in my estimation." - 11/22/63
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#50
"It’s funny how close the past is, sometimes. Sometimes it seems as if you could almost reach out and touch it. Only who really wants to?" - From a Buick 8
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#51
“The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.” - Needful Things
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#52
“If a fear cannot be articulated, it can’t be conquered.” — Matt Burke, ‘Salem’s Lot
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#53
“It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.” — Susannah Dean, Wolves of the Calla
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#54
“There are things of such darkness and horror - just, I suppose, as there are things of such great beauty—that they will not fit through the puny human doors of perception.” — Skeleton Crew, The Mist, Chapter XI. The End
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#55
“Frightened people live in their own special hell. You could say they make it themselves, but they can’t help it. It’s the way they’re built. They deserve sympathy and compassion.” — Revival
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#56
“It is the tale, not he who tells it.” — King, Different Seasons: Four Novellas
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#57
“I write to find out what I think.” — The Colorado Kid
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#58
“When you write you tell yourself a story. When you rewrite you take out everything that is NOT the story.” - Stephen King
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#59
“Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment.” - Stephen King
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#60
“Whatever came to mind, whatever came to hand, I would read.” - Stephen King
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