Stephen King Quotes About Doubt

Quotes about: Doubt

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

  Stephen King

  Positive, Fear, Cheer Up

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.275, Simon and Schuster

• I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.

  Stephen King

  Thinking, Doubt, Classic

• As always at these times when he felt really in need of God the front of his mind was serene, but the deeper part, where faith did constant battle with doubt, was terrified that there would be no answer.

  Stephen King

  Doubt, Mind, Battle

  Stephen King (2016). “Desperation”, p.359, Simon and Schuster

• A critical assumption is sometimes made that [Grisham, Clancey, Crichton & myself] have access to some mystical vulgate that other (and often better) writers cannot find or will not deign to use. I doubt if this is true. Nor do I believe the contention of some popular novelists... that thier success is based on literary merit -- that the public understands true greatness in ways the tight-a**ed, consumed-by-jealousy literary establishment cannot. This idea is ridiculous, a product of vanity and insecurity.

  Stephen King

  Believe, Greatness, Ideas

• Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion.

  Stephen King

  Communication, Self, Confusion

  Stephen King (2008). “Duma Key: A Novel”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

• I choose to believe in God, but I have serious doubts.

  Stephen King

  Believe, Doubt, Serious

  "Stephen King On Growing Up, Believing In God And Getting Scared". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. May 28, 2013.

• Doubters will doubt to the end.

  Stephen King

  Doubt, Doubters, Ends

  Stephen King (2007). “The Mist”, p.119, Penguin

• Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction, can be a difficult, lonely job; it's like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There's plenty of opportunity for self-doubt.

  Stephen King

  Lonely, Jobs, Ocean

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.210, Simon and Schuster

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