Stephen King
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin Kingis an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television shows, and comic books. King has published 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and six non-fiction books. He has written nearly 200 short stories, most of which have been collected in book collections. Many of his stories are set in...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 September 1947
CityPortland, ME
My father had taught me - mostly by example - that if a man wanted to be in charge of his life, he had to be in charge of his problems.
The last good time always comes, and when you see the darkness creeping toward you, you hold on to what was bright and good. You hold on for dear life.
Hearts are tough, Most times they don't break. Most times they are only bend
Hemingway sucks. If I set out to write that way, it would have been been hollow and lifeless because it wasn't me.
In the years since, I've discovered there's a lot to be said for boredom.
Our memories have voices, too. Often sad ones that clamor like raised arms in the dark.
All I can say is what you already know: some days are treasure. Not many, but I think in almost every life there are a few. That was one of mine, and when I'm blue -- when life comes down on me and everything looks tawdry and cheap, the way Joyland Avenue did on a rainy day -- I go back to it, if only to remind myself that life isn't always a butcher's game. Sometimes the prizes are real. Sometimes they are precious.
By its very nature, film is supposed to be an accessible medium to everybody.
People think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps. You've heard a thousand pop and country songs that prove the point; some fool got his heart broke. Yet that first broken heart is always the most painful, the slowest to mend, and leaves the most visible scar. What's so sweet about that?
Not everybody believes in ghosts, but I do. Do you know what they are, Trisha? She had shaken her head slowly. Men and women who can't get over their past . . . That's what ghosts are.
There were people who lied for gain, people who lied from pain, people who lied simply because the concept of telling the truth was utterly alien to them . . . and then there were people who lied because they were waiting for it to be time to tell the truth.
I don't want to go to the heaven that I learned about when I was a kid. To me, it seems boring.
This is how a man looks when he's deciding that the risk of death is better than the risk of change.
Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of all.