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Stephen King Quotes (136 quotes)

“We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.”
―Stephen King

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

“We're news junkies in my house.”
―Stephen King

“We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based.”
―Stephen King

“Well, I'm like a drug addict, I'm always saying I'm going to stop, and then I don't, what I've said consistently is that I hope I know when to stop: when it starts to get repetitive.”
―Stephen King

“What charitable 1 percenters can't do is assume responsibility - America's national responsibilities: the care of its sick and its poor, the education of its young, the repair of its failing infrastructure, the repayment of its staggering war debts.”
―Stephen King

“Whatever came to mind, whatever came to hand, I would read.”
―Stephen King

Source/Notes:
The Paris Review, "Stephen King, The Art of Fiction No. 189", Interviewed by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt and Nathaniel Rich in 2006

“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

Source/Notes:
Storm of the Century (1999)

“Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you're forced back on your own imagination.”
―Stephen King

“You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.”
―Stephen King

“You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.”
―Stephen King

Source/Notes:
On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (2000 edition), Simon and Schuster - ISBN: 9780743211536

“You have to stay faithful to what you're working on.”
―Stephen King

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Stephen King

Born: September 21, 1947 (age 71)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author, novelist, screenwriter, columnist, actor

Bio: Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books.

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