Quotes by Stephen King

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Author · American · 1947

American author (born 1947)

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“...some of it's how he acts like he's King Shit of Turd Mountain, but mostly it's that he's sneaky, and he likes to hurt”

— Stephen King

cruelty stephen-king the-green-mile

“Also, I'm angry. I know life is hard, I think everyone knows that in their hearts, but why does it have to be cruel, as well? Why does it have to bite?”

— Stephen King

cruelty harsh-truth life

“I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami but salami is salami.”

— Stephen King

right

“Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.”

— Stephen King

monsters

“Readers have a loyalty that cannot be matched anywhere else in the creative arts, which explains why so many writers who have run out of gas can keep coasting anyway, propelled on to the bestseller...”

— Stephen King

publishing writing-craft

“What you need to remember is that there’s a difference between lecturing about what you know and using it to enrich the story. The latter is good. The former is not.”

— Stephen King

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