Stephen King Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's language - it's better, it's finer, it's language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives.”

“I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time.”

“I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.”

“Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.”

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

“We're news junkies in my house.”

“After the 9/11 apocalypse happened in New York City, people, particularly New Yorkers, who breathed in the ash, or saw the results of that, have a tendency to keep seeing echoes and having flashbacks to it.”

“No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.”

“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.”

“He had a massive stroke. He died with his tie on. Do you think that could be our generation's equivalent of that old saying about dying with your boots on?”