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100 Notable Quotes By Horror Author Stephen King

Famous As: A Prolific & Immensely Popular Author of Horror Fiction
Born On: September 21, 1947
Born In: Portland, Maine, United States
Age: 76 Years
Stephen King is a famous American writer known for his prolific writing in the genre of horror, science fiction and suspense. He was interested in reading horror stories since an early age and used to write and sell stories to his friends. During the early days of his career he worked as an English teacher while writing in his leisure time. His first novel ‘Carrie’ turned out to be a hit and was instrumental in establishing his reputation as a writer. His next novel ‘The Shining’, a horror thriller, became his first best-seller. It is believed to have played a significant role in establishing his successful career as a horror writer. He further enhanced his reputation with a ‘World Fantasy Award’ winning novel titled ‘Pet Sematary’. The novel was critically appreciated and adapted into a movie by the same name. He followed up with various other successful novels to justify his reputation as a writer. His next most notable novel was ‘Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption’ which was successfully adapted into a movie called ‘Shawshank Redemption’ which received multiple ‘Academy Award’ nominations. He continues to publish successful novels to fascinate the masses with his writing skills, work and thoughts. We have curated some of his most famous quotes from his writings and films. Go through the quotes and sayings by Stephen King that are aimed to magnify the significance of books and writing.
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Books are a uniquely portable magic.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

Stephen King
If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.

If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.

Stephen King
Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

Stephen King
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

Stephen King
Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.

Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.

Stephen King
The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

Stephen King
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

Stephen King
The scariest moment is always just before you start.

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

Stephen King
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

Stephen King
You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

Stephen King
I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.

I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.

Stephen King
If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.

If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.

Stephen King
A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.

A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.

Stephen King
Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.

Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.

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

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

Stephen King
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.

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.

Stephen King
Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman's got to hold on to.

Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman's got to hold on to.

Stephen King
Go then, there are other worlds than these.

Go then, there are other worlds than these.

Stephen King
That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.

That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.

Stephen King
Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.

Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.

Stephen King
A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

Stephen King
Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Stephen King
Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.

Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.

Stephen King
Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don't.

Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don't.

Stephen King
There's no bitch on earth like a mother frightened for her kids.

There's no bitch on earth like a mother frightened for her kids.

Stephen King
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

Stephen King
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Stephen King
We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

Stephen King
Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Stephen King
Nobody likes a clown at midnight

Nobody likes a clown at midnight

Stephen King