Stephen King Quotes About Expectations

Quotes about: Expectations

• At its most basic we are discussing a learned skill (writing), but do we not agree that sometimes the most basic skills can create things far beyond our expectations? We are talking about tools and carpentry, about words and style... but as we move along, you'd do well to remember that we are also talking about magic.

  Stephen King

  Moving, Writing, Talking

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

• Art is the concrete artifact of faith and expectation, the realization of a world that would otherwise be little more than a veil of pointless consciousness stretched over a gulf of mystery.

  Stephen King

  Art, Expectations, Realization

  Stephen King (2008). “Duma Key: A Novel”, p.298, Simon and Schuster

• You know what talent is? The curse of expectation. As a kid you have to deal with that, beat it somehow. If you can write, you think God put you on earth to blow Shakespeare away. Or if you can paint, maybe you think--I did--that God put you on earth to blow your father away.

  Stephen King

  Father, Writing, Kids

  Stephen King (2016). “Skeleton Crew”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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