Stephen King Quotes - Page 16

• Things were going very fast now. Too fast to suit him. Fantasy and reality had merged.

  Stephen King

  Reality, Fantasy And Reality, Suits

  Stephen King (2008). “'Salem's Lot”, p.391, Anchor

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• I am, when you stop to think of it, a member of a fairly select group: the final handful of American novelists who learned to read and write before they learned to eat a daily helping of video bullshit.

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  Writing, Thinking, Bullshit

  Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• Writers must be fair and remember even bad guys (most of them, anyway) see themselves as good—they are the heroes of their own lives. Giving them a fair chance as characters can create some interesting shades of gray—and shades of gray are also a part of life.

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  Hero, Character, Giving

  "Writing Advice from Stephen King & Jerry Jenkins". Interview with Jessica Strawser, www.writersdigest.com. July 21, 2009.

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• Busy as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest.

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  Men, Kicking, Ladybugs

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• Practice is invaluable... honesty is indispensable.

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  Honesty, Practice, Indispensable

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• Murder is like potato chips: you can't stop with just one.

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  Potato Chips, Potatoes, Murder

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• Black as night and as beautiful as forever.

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  Beautiful, Night, Forever

  Stephen King (2007). “Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales”, p.206, Simon and Schuster

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• I think that marijuana should not only be legal, I think it should be a cottage industry. It would be wonderful for the state of Maine. There's some pretty good homegrown dope. I'm sure it would be even better if you could grow it with fertilizers and have greenhouses.

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  Weed, Marijuana, Dope

  Stephen King, Tim Underwood, Chuck Miller (1988). “Bare bones: conversations on terror with Stephen King”, McGraw-Hill Companies

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• I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 - Jesus, did you?

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  Friendship, Jesus, Stand By Me

  Stephen King (2016). “Different Seasons: Four Novellas”, p.390, Simon and Schuster

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• Politics always change. Stories never do.

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  Stories

  Stephen King (2016). “It”, p.142, Simon and Schuster

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• If you don’t have the time to do something right, where are you going to find the time to fix it?

  Stephen King

  Ifs

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• 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.

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  Play, Trying, Culture

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• the only mortal sin is giving up.

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  Giving Up, Sin, Mortals

  Stephen King (2016). “Skeleton Crew”, p.428, Simon and Schuster

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• Fools are the only folk on the earth who can absolutely count on getting what they deserve.

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  Earth, Fool, Dark Tower

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

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• Money talks, bullshit walks.

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  Money, Talking, Bullshit

  Stephen King (2008). “Duma Key: A Novel”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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• Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.

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  Two, Forgotten, Happens

  Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

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• All I ask is that you do as well as you can, and remember that, while to write adverbs is human, to write he said or she said is divine.

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  Writing, Remember, Divine

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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• Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark

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  Heart, Dark, Light

  Stephen King (2008). “Lisey's Story: A Novel”, p.517, Simon and Schuster

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• Fantasy has a better chance of lasting than a lot of other things. The Hobbit and the Narnia books, they seem to get handed down father to son, mother to daughter. Because they're set in a fantasy world, they can remain relevant.

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  Mother, Daughter, Father

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

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• It's strange how pain marks our faces, and makes us look like family.

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  Pain, Looks, Like Family

  Stephen King (2016). “Coffey's Hands”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• You have to go where the book leads you.

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  Book

  "Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you — with his writing". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2016.

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• There's a saying - "Write what you know." It's bad advice if you take it as an unbreakable rule, but good advice if you use it as a foundation.

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  Writing, Advice, Use

  Interview with Catherine Elsworth, www.goodreads.com. November 2014.

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• Do you know how cruel your God can be, David. How fantastically cruel?...Sometimes he makes us live.

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  Tahiti, Sometimes, Know How

  Stephen King (2016). “Desperation”, p.509, Simon and Schuster

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• People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk.

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  Writing, Heart, Sarcasm

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we're children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they're scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it's pretty much in the eye of the beholder.

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  Children, Growing Up, Eye

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