Stephen King Quotes About Reading

Quotes about: Reading

• Books are a uniquely portable magic.

  Stephen King

  Education, Kings, Book

  Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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

  Stephen King

  Inspirational, Giving Up, Book

  Stephen King (2009). “Stephen King Goes to the Movies”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

• ‎If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot…reading is the creative center of a writer’s life…you cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.

  Stephen King

  Reading, Writing, Two

  "On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft". Book by Stephen King, 2000.

• Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes. The object of fiction isn't grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story... To make him/her forget, whenever possible, that he/she is reading a story at all.

  Stephen King

  Reading, Ties, Shoes

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

• The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease & intimacy with the process of writing... It also offers you a constantly growing knowledge of what has been done and what hasn't, what is trite and what is fresh, what works and what lies there dying (or dead) on the page. The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.

  Stephen King

  Real, Lying, Reading

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

• Reading takes time, and the glass teat takes too much of it.

  Stephen King

  Reading, Glasses, Too Much

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.143, Simon and Schuster

• Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot. It’s not just a question of how-to, you see; it’s also a question of how much to. Reading will help you answer how much, and only reams of writing will help you with the how. You can learn only by doing.

  Stephen King

  Reading, Writing, Skills

  Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

• Reading in bed can be heaven, assuming you can get just the right amount of light on the page and aren't prone to spilling your coffee or cognac on the sheets.

  Stephen King

  Coffee, Reading, Light

  FaceBook post by Stephen King from May 02, 2013

• Talent renders the whole idea of rehearsal meaningless; when you find something at which you are talented, you do it (whatever it is) until your fingers bleed or your eyes are ready to fall out of your head. Even when no one is listening (or reading or watching), every outing is a bravura performance, because you as the creator are happy. Perhaps even ecstatic.

  Stephen King

  Fall, Reading, Eye

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

• Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are all sorts of opportunities to dip in. The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as in long swallows. Waiting rooms were made for books— of course! But so are theater lobbies before the show, long and boring checkout lines, and everyone’s favorite, the john. You can even read while you’re driving, thanks to the audiobook revolution. Of the books I read each year, anywhere from six to a dozen are on tape.

  Stephen King

  Book, Reading, Opportunity

  Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

• Reading a good long novel is in many ways like having a long and satisfying affair

  Stephen King

  Reading, Long, Way

  Stephen King (2016). “Skeleton Crew”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

• Waiting rooms were made for books-of course! But so are theater lobbies before the show, long and boring checkout lines, and everyone's favorite, the john.

  Stephen King

  Book, Reading, Waiting Rooms

  Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

• Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." -

  Stephen King

  Reading, Creative, Checkouts

  Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

• You learn best by reading a lot and writing a lot, and the most valuable lessons of all are the ones you teach yourself.

  Stephen King

  Reading, Writing, Lessons

  Stephen King (2001). “On writing: a memoir of the craft”

• Kindle, isn’t it?” the waitress asked. “I got one for Christmas, and I love it. I’m reading my way through all of Jodi Picoult’s books.” “Oh, probably not all of them,” Wesley said. “Huh? Why not?” “She’s probably got another one done already. That’s all I meant.” “And James Patterson’s probably written one since he got up this morning!” she said, and went off chortling.

  Stephen King

  Morning, Book, Reading

  Stephen King (2015). “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories”, p.246, Simon and Schuster

• That's the curse of the reading class. We can be seduced by a good story even at the most inopportune moments.

  Stephen King

  Reading, Class, Stories

• If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway... You must be prepared to do some serious turning inward toward the life of the imagination, and that means, I'm afraid, that Geraldo, Keith Obermann, and Jay Leno must go. Reading takes time, and the glass teat takes too much of it.

  Stephen King

  Reading, Writing, Mean

  "On Writing". Book by Stephen King, www.npr.org. December 1999.

• The sort of strenuous reading and writing program I advocate - four to six hours a day, every day - will not seem strenuous if you really enjoy doing these things and have an aptitude for them.

  Stephen King

  Reading, Writing, Four

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

• When you stack up all the years we are allowed against all there is to read, time is very short indeed.

  Stephen King

  Reading, Years

• Constant reading will pull you into a place - a mind-set, if you like the phrase - where you can write eagerly and without self-consciousness.

  Stephen King

  Reading, Writing, Self

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

• Terrifying. . . . A Dark Matter is populated with vivid, sympathetic characters, and driven by terrors both human and supernatural. It's the kind of book that's impossible to put down once it has been picked up. It kept me reading far into the night. Straub builds otherworldly terror without ever losing touch with his attractive cast of youngsters, who age beautifully. Put this one high on your list.

  Stephen King

  Book, Reading, Character

• Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least every one worth reading-is about something.

  Stephen King

  Book, Reading, Writing

• I did a couple of writing seminars in Canada with high school kids. These were the bright kids; they all have computers, but they can't spell. Because spell-check won't [help] you if you don't know through from threw. I told them, "If you can read in the 21st century, you own the world." Because you learn to write from reading.

  Stephen King

  Couple, Reading, School

  "A Rare Interview with Master Storyteller Stephen King". Interview with Ken Tucker, parade.com. May 25, 2013.

• Kids absolutely not reading. I think it's because they're so screen-oriented [TVs, computers, smartphones]. They do read - girls in particular read a lot. They have a tendency to go toward the paranormal, romances, Twilight and stuff like that. And then it starts to taper off because other things take precedence, like the Kardashian sisters.

  Stephen King

  Girl, Reading, Twilight

  "A Rare Interview with Master Storyteller Stephen King". Interview with Ken Tucker, parade.com. May 25, 2013.

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