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
Death was no less a miracle than birth.
I saw something even more beautiful than a sense of humor: an appreciation for life’s essential absurdity.
If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples. - Japanese Proverb
On the subject of love at first sight, I’m with the Beatles: I believe that it happens all the time.
I believe in evil, but all my life I've gone back and forth about whether or not there's an outside evil, whether or not there's a force in the world that really wants to destroy us, from the inside out, individually and collectively.
The family exists for many reasons, but its most basic function may be to draw together after a member dies.
It's alright to feel fear, but sometimes a very bad idea to show it.
there is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love.
Give a man or woman back his self-respect, and in most cases-not all, but most-you also give back that person's ability to think with at least some clarity.
I don't ask myself, "Well, does God exist or does God not exist?" I choose to believe that God exists, and therefore I can say, "God, I can't do this by myself. Help me not to take a drink today. Help me not to take a drug today." And that works fine for me.
True sorrow is as rare as true love.
Reading takes time, and the glass teat takes too much of it.
We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other ... except through faith.
I thought it was great fun to scare people. I also knew it was socially acceptable because there were a lot of horror movies out there.